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was found to exceed 12, notice was served to provide an
additional closet, but this usually resulted in the number being
reduced.
The L.C.C. Bye-law has been re-drafted so as to require the
service of notice before any action in this respect is taken
against a landlord.
23. Flooding of Houses—No complaints of flooding were
received during the year, and Charlton Vale where such serious
flooding occurred in 1903 was found to have escaped a repetition
of this nuisance.
24. Verminous Rooms.—Under the London County Council
General Powers Act of 1904, it is now compulsory on owners
or occupiers after notice to strip and take steps to destroy and
remove vermin from verminous rooms. Previous to this Act
it was the custom of the Department to treat verminous rooms
as a nuisance, but the new Act has decidedly strengthened the
hands of the Borough Councils in this matter, and enabled
cases to be dealt with which would formerly have been allowed
to pass. Several verminous rooms were thus dealt with ; these
are included among the 2917 interiors cleansed.
Dust Bemova-l.
25. Only 42 complaints of non-removal of dust were
received, 18 being from Woolwich parish, 19 from Plumstead,
and 5 from Eltham. This is the smallest number of complaints
received in Plumstead and Eltham since the union of the
parishes.
The Woolwich Destructor received and destroyed 7352 loads
of house and trade refuse, weighing 8658 tons at a cost for
collection of £1692, compared with 9291 loads and £1600 cost
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