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One of the features of the year was the very large number of
empty houses, especially in the southern portion of the Borough.
Offensive Trades.—The only points worthy of note in this
connection were the transference of fat-melting and bone-boiling
business at Stratford from Mr. W. Hornett to a limited liability
company, and the permission granted to Mr. F. Hammersley to
establish a new fat-melting business at Bradfield Road, Silvertown.
Owing probably to the comparatively low temperature during
the whole of the year there were very few complaints in connection
with the numerous offensive trades located in West Ham, but the
same remark cannot be made in respect of smoke. It became
necessary to serve official notices upon 27 firms, and I am pleased to
record the distinct improvement in the condition of the atmosphere
resulting therefrom, though there is still room for improvement in
individual cases.
General Sanitary Inspection.—Systematic house-tohouse
inspection has been carried out throughout the year by 14 of
your Inspectors (two ladies), and the results set out in the various
tables at the end of the report, although the figures do not by any
means make a full disclosure either of the difficulties encountered in
the work or the benefits resulting from it.