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FOOD INSPECTION.
The inspection of food is carried out regularly by the
Inspectors and myself. Very little trouble has been experienced,
the food sold in the Borough being on the whole very satisfactory.
Fishmongers frequently surrender fish, which they consider unfit
for sale, for examination at the Public Health Department, and
if on examination it is found to be in such condition it is sent to
the Destructor at the Sewage Works and a certificate given.
The slaughter houses have been frequently visited and advice
given for improving conditions.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION.
The Borough is well supplied with houses and tenements, and
being chiefly of modern construction are in a satisfactory condition.
The Council own 220 artisans' dwellings in the Beckton and North
Woolwich Ward, which were erected a few years ago. They are
double tenements containing two bedrooms, sitting room, scullery
with bath, etc., and let at 7s. per week first floor, and 6s. 6d. per
week on the ground floor.
All newly constructed houses when completed are inspected
by the Borough Engineer and the Chief Sanitary Inspector, and
if they are constructed in accordance with the building Bye-Laws
a certificate is granted by the Borough Engineer certifying their
fitness for habitation.
The following table gives the building plans approved during
the past 17 years:—