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Camber well A stove is employed for the purpose.
Greenwich—
Greenwich The sanitary authority are provided with a destructor as well
as a disinfector.
Deptford Burnt when necessary at the Board's yard. No special
apparatus.
Lewisham Burnt in the dust destructor.
Woolwich Burnt in the dust destructor.
Plumstead Burnt on the open ground near the river.
Lee—
Charlton The bedding is burnt in the open air at the parish wharf by
the river-side
Lee and Kidbrooke Apparatus for destruction is at Plumstead.
Accommodation for temporary shelter.
Section 60 of the Public Health (London) Act requires every sanitary authority to provide, free
of charge, temporary shelter or house accommodation with any necessary attendants for the members of
any family in which any dangerous infectious disease has appeared, who have been compelled to leave
their dwellings, for the purpose of enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by the sanitary authority.
It will be seen by reference to the return, that provision of a shelter has only been made in about
half the districts. I would therefore beg to remind the Committee that four years have elapsed since
this duty was imposed upon sanitary authorities. It is therefore important that the Committee should
ascertain the circumstances of this delay with a view to all necessary steps being taken to ensure the
provision of such shelters. The following statement shows the districts which have already provided
shelters and the nature of the accommodation each affords—
1. Paddington 2, Wellings-place, Church-place. A three-storey six-roomed
house, two of the rooms are occupied by the resident
caretaker. On the ground floor are a kitchen and bathroom,
the bath is supplied with an apparatus for heating
water. Cooking utensils, &c., are provided. The shelter
during the first three months of its existence has been
used by fifteen families comprising fifty persons.
2. St. George, Hanover-square The shelter consists of a basement with two rooms and a
water-closet. It is provided with a fireplace, chairs, bedstead
and crockery. There is no special attendant. It
has been in existence since February, 1893, and has been
used eleven times. It is said that difficulty is experienced
in inducing people to use the accommodation.
3. Westminster (St. Margaret Five rooms, with one bed in each, have been provided in
and St. John) connection with the new mortuary and coroner's court.
There is moreover a bath-rooom with hot and cold water
services laid on.
4. St. James, Westminster 6, Dufours-place. A house adjoining the vestry's stone-yard
has been fitted up for use as a shelter. There are two
rooms, sitting-room and bedroom, on the second floor,
and there is a similar accommodation on the third floor.
There are two water-closets. No bath is provided.
There is a resident caretaker, and crockery and cooking
utensils are available for the use of persons coming into
the shelter. This shelter is frequently used.
5. Marylebone At present a house in Orcus-street, Lisson-grove, is used
temporarily until the erection of a shelter which has been
sanctioned by the vestry, and which will provide accommodation
for at least four families.
6. Hampstead A two-storey two-roomed house has been provided in the
stone-yard, Lithos-road. The ground floor and upper
floor are approached by separate entrances, and each has
a water-closet in connection with it. Each room is
furnished with a fireplace, a table, chairs and crockery.
This shelter is in the care of the man in charge of the
stone-yard.
7. St. Pancras Situated at Cambridge-street; four rooms on first floor of a
building the ground floor of which is used as a coachhouse
for the disinfecting vans and ambulance. These four rooms
are approached by a single staircase, adjoining each room is
a bath-room with hot and cold water laid on. The rooms
are furnished, but there are no beds. Crockery and
cooking utensils are provided. There are two waterclosets.
The shelter has been used by sixty or seventy
persons. An ambulance is available to carry persons to
the shelter.