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Housing of the Working Classes. Premises have
been found to be overcrowded in 34 cases, which have
-all been abated, and in 3 cases the illegal use of underground
rooms has been discontinued. Four hundred and
fifty-seven houses have been generally repaired; 342
premises have been cleansed, limewashed, and repaired ;
29 have been improved as regards their ventilation; 202
premises have had the walls and ceilings cleansed throughout,
and 256 premises have been partially cleansed; leaky
house roofs and gutters have been repaired in 406 cases;
nuisances from dampness have been abated in 123 cases;
dampness of walls have been remedied in 9 7 cases;
direct connection between the internal sanitary fittings
of houses and the drain have been disconnected, trapped,
and amended in 23 7 cases; similarly 107 stack pipes have
been disconnected, trapped and amended; 2 houses have
been abolished as unfit for habitation; and other nuisances
principally of dilapidations and want of underfloor ventilation
have also been attended to in 13 cases.
No definite proceedings have been taken either under
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, of the Houses of
Working Classes Acts, for the closing of any properties,
but in many instances our requirements under notices to
abate the nuisance arising on such properties have been
of such an extensive character that the owners have themselves
voluntarily closed eleven houses rather than spend
the money required to put them into such a condition as
to comply with the notices served upon them.
The Greenwich Hospital Estates Department have been
carrying out considerable improvements to their property
in different parts of the Borough. A portion of the site
of the " Ship " Hotel having been cleared, and upon this
16 houses have been erected of a commodious type, including
bath room, lavatory basin, and drying closet,
which conveniences are not usually included in working-