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no doubt been strengthened by the action of the County Council
in allowing deposits on the Common, and by certain recent
magisterial decisions on the subject.
13ye-laws for Houses let to two on more families.
11. The Vestry soon after coming into power adopted unchanged
the Local Government Board Model bye-laws for
"Houses let in lodgings." There has been, however, very considerable
unwillingness on the part of the Health Committee to
put them in force, and still more dislike on the part of landlords
to having their houses registered. I have repeatedly pointed
out that the dislike to having houses registered is based on a
misapprehension, and Lave pointed to the experience of places
like Camberwell, where a large number of houses have been
registered without any opposition. So far only three houses have
been registered in Plumstead.
Houses Inspected.
12. I have kept notes of 93 inspections of houses and premises,
but besides these I have inspected a large number in the
course of paying medical visits, and of which I have not preserved
notes. I found several houses in Thomas Street in a
very bad condition as to dirty walls and general dilapidations.
They were remedied. I have had frequently to inspect some
houses at the top of Palmerston Road on account of basements
so damp as to be unfit for habitation. The owner has done a
good deal to lessen the dampness. I also frequently inspected
come houses in Timbercroft Lane on account of dampness and
dilapidations. They have now been placed in a satisfactory condition.