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In Eltham the sum of £698 9s. 6d. was paid to the contractor,
Mr. Tucker, for removal of Eltham dust, which was deposited on
fields in the parish.
Notices were distributed warning house occupiers that dustpails
must he kept covered, and there has been a great improvement in
this respect.
Trade Refuse.
During the past year there have been 9,021 receptacles of
offensive refuse removed, for which a sum of £109 0s. 3d. has
been paid. There are now 64 tradesmen on the books from whom
offensive trade refuse is collected. There were no complaints of
nuisance arising from the collection. Chloride of lime is used as
a deodorant.
1,195 loads and 338 bushels of inoffensive refuse were collected
in Woolwich Parish and destroyed, for which the sum of
£92 8s. l0d. was paid by tradesmen, etc. This is included in
the figures of the Woolwich dust collection. The charge made
for inoffensive refuse is 1s. 6d. a load and 2d. a bushel, and for
offensive refuse at the rate of 3d. a receptacle, charged per
quarter in advance on the amount collected in the previous
quarter.
Housing of the Working Classes.
29. The following 10 houses were represented as unfit for
human habitation under Section 32, of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act: —
6, High Street, Woolwich
1, 2, and 3, South Cottages, Footscray Road
6, and 7, Nile Street
41, Woolwich Road
3, Pelham Terrace
14, Milward Street
3d, George Street