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The court consists of eight houses in a cul-de-sac off Cheyne-walk.
The houses are only one-room deep, and without thorough light or
ventilation. Two of the houses are two-roomed, and six are three-roomed,
—total twenty-two rooms. They were let out in tenements—usually a
family in each room. Four w.c's and one water tap in the yard were
available for the use of the tenants, who might number as many as twentytwo
families. The whole of the houses were in a very dilapidated
condition, damp, dirty and neglected, the whole of the woodwork and
plastering being in a very bad condition. At the time of the closing of
the premises, when Police Court proceedings were taken by the owners
for the ejectment of the tenants, only one or two of the tenants had been
resident for any length of time, the great majority being of the " roving "
class, who come in, stay a few weeks, and then move again elsewhere.

Taking the number of persons per house as six, 684 persons have
been displaced during 1909 as the result of actual or intended demolitions.