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medical attendants for the purpose of diagnosing doubtful cases
of infectious disease. Other visits re infectious disease
were made at the request of school teachers and others. 101
premises were inspected re housing conditions and overcrowding.
34 re food and nuisances, and 16 schools and other public and
private institutions.
15. Overcrowding 52 cases of overcrowding were found and
remedied, compared with 97, 111, and 95, in the three preceding
years. The overcrowding was 1.9 per cent of house-to-house
inspections, compared with 2.1, 1.9, and 2.2, per cent in the
three preceding years.
16. Smoke Nuisance. Two observations re smoke nuisances
were made and no nuisance of black smoke observed.
17. Defective light. At. 21 houses new windows were supplied
or existing ones enlarged, or other work done to improve
the lighting by daylight, compared with 49 and 12 in the two
preceding years.
18, Verminous Rooms. 104 verminous rooms were cleansed
under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1914, or
were dealt with as dirty rooms under the Nuisance Section of
the Public Health (London) Act compared with 198, 213, and
568, in the three preceding years.
HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE REMOVAL.
19. There was a diminution in house refuse.
In Woolwich parish 6,991 loads of house refuse, and
4 loads of inoffensive trade refuse were removed by the Borough
Council, and in Plumstead 10,232 loads of house refuse, weighing
8,997 tons were removed by the Contractors, Messrs, Tuff &
Hoar, and destroyed at the Plumstead Destructor, This is a
decrease of over 60 per cent compared with three years ago and
points to a very satisfactory decrease of waste.
In addition 156 leads of trade refuse were removed to
the Plumstead Destructor and destroyed (the Contractors removed
12 loads and were paid for the removal by the tradesmen at the
rate of 2/- per load). £4,360, 12. 7 was paid for collection
in Plumstead, compared with £3,493. 10. 2 in 1917.
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