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Nos. 1 and 2, Sidney House, and No. 2, Fore House, were
underground rooms, and were closed under Section 17 (7),
Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, the rest being dealt with
under Section 17 (2).
Closing orders were also made on:—
1, New Street,
196, Kingsman Street.
Of the other houses represented, No. 155, Herbert Road,
was dealt with under the Public Health (London) Act, and at
84, Herbert Road, and 2, Albert House, the work required by
the Committee was done without proceedings being taken.
At 2, Albert House (underground rooms), the site was
concreted, the lighting improved, and the interior thoroughly
renovated, and the house is now occupied, but it was impossible
to make it comply strictly with the regulations under Section
17 (7). The interior of 2, George Street was renovated,
but no radical improvement made in its lighting and ventilation.
The following closing orders on premises were determined
during the year 1912, the necessary work having been done:—
Nos. 5 and 9, Godfrey Street,
Nos. 10-16, Kates Place.
NORTH WOOLWICH—VITAL STATISTICS.
In the 1909 Report statistics were given as to the health of
persons living in new and old houses in North Woolwich, and
reasons were adduced for believing that the better health of
the inhabitants of the newer houses was due to these having
concreted sites, instead of being unprotected from earth
damp like the older houses.