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consideration by the Health Committee, notice to the owners
and tenants, objections by owners and tenants, and re-consideration
by the Health Committee, 17 were finally placed on
the register. Two houses were removed from the register,
being occupied by one family only, leaving 103 registered at
the end of the year (79 in Woolwich, and 24 in Plumstead).
Of the newly registered houses 13 were in Woolwich Parish
and 4 in Plumstead.
25. Inspection.—These houses were regularly inspected
every three or six months, according to the conditions found to
exist in each case, Inspector Barnes being specially charged
with the inspection of those in Woolwich. Every tenant was
supplied with a card giving an abstract of the Bye-laws, the
dimensions of the rooms occupied, and the number of persons
allowed to occupy them. The result of being under definite
regulations as to cleansing and overcrowding together with
frequent inspection, has undoubtedly led to these houses being
kept clean, and free from overcrowding, to a far greater extent
than was possible without the bye-laws.
Proceedings were taken under the Bye-laws with respect to
four houses, one for failure to return a form with information,
one (affecting two tenants) for want of cleanliness and overcrowding,
one for uncleanliness, and one for overcrowding.
Convictions were obtained in each case and fines from 5s. to
40s. inflicted.
26. The Bye-laws in force — At present different Bye-laws
are in force in each of the three Parishes of the Borough, those
in Woolwich and Plumstead, however, being very similar. I
reported on making the Bye-laws uniform, and recommended
the Eltham Bye-laws as a model,
The question of new Bye-laws is still under consideration.