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56. House Inspection.—Besides the numerous houses inspected
for particular reasons, I made a house.to.house inspection
in Hartville and Mabyn Roads, two of the poorest
streets in the parish. The condition of most of these houses was
anything but satisfactory. Dirty and damp walls and ceilings,
defective roofs, defective water.closet pans and flushing apparatus,
and defective drains were the nuisances chiefly found.
The bad condition in which I found these houses, combined
with the observed fact of the deterioration of the health of
East Plumstead, compared with West Plumstead in recent
years, determined me to examine into the vital statistics of the
neighbourhood where Hartville and Mabyn Roads are situated.
I reported on the results to the Vestry. I have now been
able to incorporate into the Report the statistics for 1896, and,
with the corrections rendered necessary by this addition, the
following is the Report I presented :—
" Report on Reidhaven Road District.
"North of High Street and West of Bannockburn Road, including
the 14 streets, Reidhaven Road, Gavin Street, Plever.
ham Road, Abery Street, Gunning Street, White Hart
Lane, Garibaldi Street, Kentmere Road, Barth Road,
Hartville Road, Mabyn Road, Bateson Street, Marmadon
Road to 24 and 67, and Glenside Road.
This district comprises according to Kelly's Directory 551
houses. According to the 1896 census there aro 6.33 people
to a house in East Plumstead. This would give the