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The practice of sending poisonous gases through more or less
leaky tubes will be looked upon in time as one of the farcical incongruities
of our age, and the cost of electricity for heating when
the need for adequate ventilation is taken into account makes it
impracticable to use electricity for general domestic heating.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
The 36 registered premises received 190 visits and 31 breaches
of the bye laws were found.
The isolated position of the piggeries at Jenkins Lane mitigates
any serious nuisance, but conditions at these piggeries are far from
the standard we would wish to obtain.
The 68 stables in the district received 136 visits during the
summer months.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Sixty-three visits were paid to the two common lodging
houses.
TENTS, VANS, SHEDS and HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Until such time as homes can be obtained at rentals which
the poorest of the poor can afford to pay, premises of the above
type will be found occupied.
The best one can say of them is that they are a habitation
In Barking there are a number of families living in such dwellings,
all hopeful of obtaining a house.
The premises need constant supervision to secure maintenance
of anything like decent home conditions.