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885 Damp walls were remedied compared with 608, 369 and
580 in the previous years. 225 of these were in Central and
Glyndon Wards, mainly in the latter. Through ventilation
was provided in 138 houses, 679 dust pails were supplied,
compared with 269, 1,008, and 708 in the preceding years.
17. Medical Officer's Inspection.—120 house to house inspections
were personally made by the Medical Officer of Health,
in addition to 777 inspections for purposes of enquiry, and
diagnosis of infectious diseases, and special inspections re complaints,
and by request of the Sanitary Inspectors.
The 120 house to house inspections were in the following
streets : Auberon Street and Kate's Place, North Woolwich;
Mulgrave Place, Howick Mansions, Rope Yard Eails, High
Street, Frances Street, Glass Yard and Elizabeth Place (River,
Dockyard and St. Mary's Wards). Frith's Buildings, Kirk's
Yard, High Street, &c., Eltham.
Of the 120 houses, 51 were found in a dirty condition, dark
rooms at 20, want of ventilation at 19, overcrowding at 14
(11-7 per cent.), and other insanitary conditions at 48.
18. Overcrowding.—178 cases of overcrowding were found
compared with 145, 137 and 126, in the three preceding years,
The largest number of cases was found in the Dockyard, River
and St. Margaret's Wards. Per cent, of houses inspected,
there were 2'7 cases overcrowding. In my own house to house
inspections I found L17 per cent., but I specially chose the
most insanitary districts. Probably St. Margaret's Ward has
no real excess of overcrowding, but an Inspector more particular
in applying the standard, viz., less than 300 cubic feet per head
for sleeping, and 400 for living and sleeping. It is noteworthy
that more cases of overcrowding were found last year than in
any previous year.
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