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residence was situated. The tenants have experienced great
difficulty in finding new provision. The question of the
site of the new houses to be built by the Port of London
Authority has been a difficulty, as no satisfactory site could
be found in the Borough to the north of the river. A site
in Wickham Lane is now under consideration.
31. Council's Houses. All the Council's 25 houses in
North Woolwich were occupied throughout the year with
the exception of four; of these four, one was vacant for
four weeks, two for two weeks, and one for one weekv
The loss of rent was due to the necessity of repairs and not
to lack of tenants.
All of the Council's 9 houses in Gossage, Park, and Parkdale
Roads, which are under the care of the Health Committee,
were occupied throughout the year.
On June 5th, 1911, Nos. 15, 17, and 19, Gossage Road,
were taken over by the Libraries Committee.
HOUSES REGISTERED UNDER THE BY-LAWS.
32. The existing By-laws and the history of proposed
new By-laws were commented on in my last Annual Report.
At the commencement of the year, 432 houses were on
the register; 10 were newly registered, and 10 taken off
the register, leaving 432 on the register at the close of the
year, compared with 359, 395, 409, 429, and 432, in each of
the five preceding years. These figures seem to indicate that
the limit of houses considered by the Committee as likely to
be improved by registration has been arrived at.
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