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29. Death rates of special areas.—Statistics have been given
in previous Annual Reports for the following special areas:—
Death rate.
Princes Road area 23.9
Globe Lane and New Street 29. 5
Salutation Alley 42.2
Dicey, Delvin and James Street 19.4
Fore, Albert, Stanley and Sidney Houses 20.8
Reidhaven Road area 17.1
30. Council's North Woolwich Houses.—On the 1st April,
24 of the Council's 25 houses were occupied; 15 were vacated
during the year ending 31st March, 1905, and 11 re-let; one
was let for the first time in August; 4 were unoccupied March
31st, 1905. The number of persons at present housed is 71
adults and 38 children, total 109, or 5 to a house. The rooms
have all been measured, and a table drawn up showing how
many persons may occupy each room, allowing 400 cubic feet
per head for sleeping, and 500 for living and sleeping, two
children under 10 counting as an adult. The clerk of the
Housing Committee, when letting the houses, calls attention to
this regulation. 7 of the houses are rented at 8/-, 9 at 8/6, 2
at 10/-, and 2 at 11/-. A cupboard is being provided on the
upper floor of each house, and partitions between the front door
and living room have been, or are being, erected in 16 of the
houses.
Houses Registeked undee the By-Laws.
31. At the commencement of the year, 123 houses were on
the register. 116 were newly registered during the year (80 in
Woolwich parish, and 36 in Plumstead), and 4 were removed,
leaving 235 on the register at the close of the year (164 in
Woolwich parish and 71 in Plumstead), compared with 88,
103, 132 and 123 in each of the four preceding years.