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31. Council's North Woolwich Houses.—On the 1st of April
last, all of the Council's 25 houses were occupied; 7 were vacant
or vacated during part of the year ending 31st March, 1907, and
7 re-let; all were occupied on the latter date. The number of
persons at present housed is 74 adults and 48 children—total
122, or about 5 to a house. For particulars as to rent and cubic
space of these houses, see Annual Report, 1904, page 70.
32. Houses registered under the Bye-laws. At the commencement
of the year, 265 houses were on the register; 48 were
newly registered and 6 were taken off the register, leaving 307 on
the register at the close of the year, compared with 123, 235, and
265 in each of the three 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. 520 inspections were made in all, and 50 notices
were served for overcrowding, and 274 for other conditions.
Proceedings were taken for overcrowding at three houses; three
tenants were charged 2/- costs, and a landlord fined 20/-.
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 52.
35. New Bye-laws.—The New Bye-laws are where they have
been for the past six years—under consideration.
When writing my last Annual Report, they were under the
consideration of the Local Government Board. Now they are
under the consideration of your Council, to whom they have again
been referred by the Local Government Board. There are consequently
still different Bye-laws in each parish, and the rent-limit
fixed in Eltham makes it impossible to register any houses in that
parish.