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'Houses Registered under the By-Laws.
32. At the commencement of the year 235 houses were on the
register; 41 were newly registered and 11 were taken off the
register, leaving 265 on the register at the close of the year, compared
with 88,103, 132,123 and 235 in each of the five preceding
years. 189 of the houses are in Woolwich Parish and 76 in
Plumstead.
33. These houses were inspected, some quarterly and others
half-yearly. 594 inspections were made in all and 320 notices
served. Proceedings were taken against a landlord (Mr. Berry)
for failing to fill in a registration form and refusal to admit the
Lady Inspector and Chief Inspector. He was fined in all £8 and
£3 9s. costs.
34. The registered houses were under the care of Miss
Middlebrooke, and further particulars will be found in the report
of her work given in paragraph 51.
New Bye-Laws.
35. The new Bye-Laws are again under consideration by
the Local Government Board. Having been provisionally
approved and advertised in the Borough previous to adoption,
as provided by Sect. 184 of The Public Health Act, 1875, certain
ratepayers petitioned the Local Government Board not to confirm
the Bye-Laws, and the Board as a result held a local inquiry, and
subsequently proposed several alterations. Most of these were
verbal and unimportant, and your Council had no difficulty in
agreeing with them. The Local Government Board, however,
proposed to limit the application of the Bye-Laws to houses where
the sub-letting was to one family only and to a limited number
of persons. This limitation your Council were unwilling to agree
to, and there the matter at present rests.