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Common Lodging Houses.
34. Owing to the London County Council now having
power to require an annual renewal of the license, and to refuse
the same, great improvements have been made in the Common
Lodging Houses. All these houses are, I believe, now provided
with lavatories and footbaths.
Underground Rooms.
35. Two underground rooms separately occupied were dealt
with, one being closed, and the other made to conform with the
Public Health (London) Act. One was in Samuel Street, and
the other in Rope Yard Rails.
Several underground rooms not separately occupied and not
used for sleeping were remedied as regards light and in other
ways.
Factories and Workshops.
36. There were at the end of 1903, 239 workshops on the
register to which 977 visits were paid. 109 Sanitary defects
were found (including 13 cases of overcrowding), and 38 notices
were served.
The nuisance was remedied on notice in all cases.
A full summary of the inspection of factories, workshops,
and workplaces is given in Table XV. (c).
The workshops were inspected by Mr. Wood in Woolwich
and Eltham parishes, and Mr. Little in Plumstead. Women
are employed in 116 of the 239 workshops.
Outworkers.
37. Full particulars as to the inspections of outworkers are
given in Table XV. (c). Only 39 nuisances were found in 424
inspections.