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Staff of the Public Health Department.
In April, Mr. J. E. Stone, Third Clerk, resigned; and Mr.
Percy T. Roberts was appointed in his stead.
Mr. Heath, District Sanitary Inspector, resigned in July, on
his appointment as one of H.M. Inspectors of Factories. Mr. Heath
passed the examination for factory inspectors with great credit,
being high in the list of successful candidates. The vacancy caused
by Mr. Heath's resignation was filled by the appointment of Mr. A.
Peverett, who was then a district sanitary inspector at Battersea.
Housing.
No action was taken during 1906 by the Council under Part I.
or Part II. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act.
The dwellings erected by the Council under Part III. of the
Act in Lower Cross Road were opened for occupation in February.
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer for the following
particulars of the Dwellings.
The dwellings provide accommodation for a total of 248
persons housed in three blocks, The following table
shows the disposition of the 42 tenements in the
blocks:—
Two-roomed
tenements.
Three-roomed
tenements.
Four-roomed
tenements.
Block "A" 8 8 —
Block "B" — — 10
Block "C" 4 12 —
12 20 10
Each tenement is provided with a scullery, larger than the
usual tenement scullery, containing sink and coal bunker,
and a w.c. placed as far as possible from the living
rooms, with a ventilated lobby between.
The rooms are well lighted, 8 feet 10 inches high in the clear,
and better proportioned than in many dwellings, very
narrow widths being avoided. The recognised minimum
area has been observed on the ground floor, with rather