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In Eltham the sum of £770 l1s. 1d. was paid to the contractor,
Mr. Tucker, for removal of Eltham dust, which was deposited on
fields in the parish.
Trade Refuse.
28. During the past year there have been 7747 (7967 in 1906),
receptacles of offensive refuse removed. There are now 57 (63 in
1905) tradesmen on the books from whom offensive trade refuse
is collected. There were no complaints of nuisance arising from
collection. Chloride of lime is used as a deodorant. The cost of
removal was £417.
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. Four houses were represented as unfit for human habitation
under Section 32 of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, viz., Keighley House, Southwood Road; and three of the
Farm Cottages, Woolwich Road; all in Eltham Parish. These
have all been closed with consent of the owner.
A special inquiry into the causes of the unliealthiness of North
Woolwich was described in the Annual Report for 1906. The
low-lying damp soil is the chief cause of the high death-rate in
this district.
30. Statistics of Special Areas. By the courtesy of the
Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, I was enabled
to obtain a census of the Bostal Estate, and was then able to
prepare statistics for this area. These were printed in the
Council's Minutes for January 2nd, 1908. Statistics of infant
mortality for Bostal Estate, Well Hall Estate, and Woolwich
Barracks, were printed in the Minutes of December 5th.