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room in place of two very small ones, and if necessary at the
sacrifice of the through passage; (2) The lighting and ventilation
of passages and staircases; (3) A well ventilated larder;
(4) That streets should run north and south, and thus allow
houses to face east and west; (5) Separate water-closets to
each family.
For the reports on overcrowding and housing a large number
of houses were specially inspected to obtain statistics.
20. Houses unfit for habitation.—The following houses were
represented as unfit for habitation under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, part 2, Sec. 32 :—
1—8, Sun Yard, Eltham
1 & 2, Kate's Place, North Woolwich
9—14, Salutation Alley
1—6, Elizabeth Place
2 Hulk Cottages
1—10, Lyon's Yard, Artillery Place ,
139, High Street, Woolwich
making altogether 34 houses.
The death rate in these houses (excluding those situated in
Eltham, for which the necessary returns were not found) for
the two years 1900 and 1901, was 36 08 or more than twice the
death rate of the Borough. The death rate for Phthisis for
the same period was 10.3, or five times that of the Borough.
21. Of the above 34 houses certified as unfit for human
habitation one was closed by arrangement with the owner; 6
have been recently closed and demolished after having been
bought by the Council for municipal purposes; 2 were closed
by a magistrate after contested proceedings. The remaining 25
have not been closed, but were dealt with under the Public