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been required to be supplied in 15 cases. Water services altered,
so as to draw direct from the main, and in other ways amended,
in 205 cases; water supplies reinstated in 24 cases; and
defective water fittings attended to in 20 cases.
Housing of the Working Classes. This subject has
been continually in the minds of the Public Health Committee,
and in one way or another has received attention at their hands,
at almost every meeting held by that Committee. They have
not adopted any general scheme for dealing with any special
area, for at the present time I am not aware of any special and
particularly insanitary area needing representation at my hands,
under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. Generally, the
measures adopted by the Committee have resolved themselves
into the careful attention to the existing houses, to ensure that, as
far as possible, no portion of the Borough takes on the conditions
attaching to an insanitary area. Overcrowding lias received
attention on 30 occasions.
The illegal use of underground rooms has been dealt with on
6 occasions; 15 houses have been abolished by the voluntary
action of the owners, after receipt of notices calling upon them to
do certain works, and as a result of the various interviews
following upon such notices.
The Greenwich Market area has also received special attention,
and many houses in this area have been voluntarily closed
by the Admiralty Authorities and private individuals, in this
connection the following Report was presented to the Public
Health Committee respecting the matter.