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the past year. A very considerable portion of this work is of a
permanent character, such as taking up old and defective drains,
and relaying new in beds of concrete, the ventilation of drains,
reconstruction of water closets, and filling up old cesspools, &c.,
and the Board has shown its earnest endeavours at all times to
further the work of sanitation in Deptford, and appointed an
additional Sanitary Inspector for the District during the past year.
House-to-house inspection has been carried out in some
portions of the District, and overcrowding, &c. abated. Magistrates'
orders were obtained to close Nos. 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, and 52,
Queen Street, also Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Slow Grove Cottages,
Charles Street, as houses unfit for human habitation. In New
Town, a large number of houses have been demolished and rebuilt,
and the roads widened. The whole of the houses in the Mill
Lane Area have now been demolished.
Workshops and Factories have continued to receive careful
attention as to cleansing, ventilation, closet accommodation, and
overcrowding, 125 were visited during the year.
Bakehouses have received frequent and careful inspection.
The total number of bakehouses is 91 in Deptford, of these 51 are
above ground, 38 below the ground level, and 2 partially so.
They are all well maintained, and in a cleanly condition, both as
regards the lime washing of the walls, and the sweeping of the
floors, &c.
The new Act of 1895 prohibits the construction of any further
underground bakehouses.
Cowsheds and Slaughterhouses have been regularly inspected,
and all the cowsheds were found to be in good repair, and well