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OCCUPATION OF INHABITANTS.
There are eight factories in the district, the majority being
laundries. Most of the residents find work in London as professional
or business men, clerks, mechanics, shop assistants, &c.;
the balance is made up of labouring classes. Their several occupations,
however, do not influence public health.
HOUSE ACCOMMODATION.
The houses, as a whole, have been well built, drained, and
defended from damp by concrete foundations and a sufficient damp
course, and are detached and semi-detached, roomy and pleasing
residences. The smaller houses are occupied by clerks and
mechanics. The cottage accommodation for the labourer is poor,
the high rents demanded by the speculating landlord tend to compel
two families living in one house, producing overcrowding and
undesirable contact, especially in the case of disease.
WATER SUPPLY.
The water to the whole district is from the Thames, supplied
by Metropolitan Water Works (Lambeth Division), and is so safe
guarded that it has been free from pollution for some years. The
only pollution takes place in the cistern of the householder who
forgets to safeguard his own household by regularly cleaning the
cistern.
RECREATION AND SPORTS.
Maiden Hill Recreation Ground.—It is pleasing to note that
the Open Spaces Committee have made a good advance in regard
to developing a practical scheme for the systematic laying out of
the Maiden Hill Recreation Ground, which will provide a glorious
breathing space of 20 acres for the benefit of public health.