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22. Medical Officer's Inspections. These amounted to a
total of 711. Special inspections were made of the cowsheds,
milkshops, bakehouses, many of the houses registered under
the By-laws, and other tenement houses re water-supply.
The other inspections were chiefly on account of tuberculosis,
diphtheria and scarlet fever. Special house-to-house inspections
were made of Morris Street, Morris Place, Trinity Street,
Warwick Street, Harrington Buildings and Stevens Cottages.
23. Overcrowding. 72 cases of overcrowding were found
and remedied, compared with 154, 86, and 85, in the three
preceding years, or 1.3 per cent. of house-to-house inspections.
Most of the cases of overcrowding are found in house-to-house
inspection.
24. Smoke Nuisance. 75 observations on smoke nuisance
were made, and 8 nuisances from black smoke observed.
The District Chemical Co. was summoned for permitting the
chimney of their factory in North Woolwich to send forth
black smoke. The nuisance having been abated the summons
was withdrawn on payment of £2 2s. costs. The chimney is
used in common by this Company and Messrs. Moore and
Nettlefold, but the day the nuisance occurred the latter firm
were not working.
The other nuisances were abated on service of notices.
25. Defective Light—At 119 houses, new windows were
supplied, or existing ones enlarged, or other work done to improve
the lighting by daylight.
26. Verminous Booms—183 verminous rooms were cleansed,
under the L.C.C. General Powers Act, 1904, or were dealt with
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