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windows. The sanitary conveniences, dustbins and water-cisterns
are situated at the blind end of the court, and are for the common
use of all the residents in the court. In each of the four houses
lodgers are accommodated, and the houses are largely used for icecream
manufacture.
3. Providence Place is a blind court on the east side of
Baker's Row, Farringdon Road. It consists of ten houses, five on
each side. In the front of each house is a small fore-court, railed in.
There is a central passage down the middle of the court, and the
entrance into Baker's Row is open and the same width as the court.
A high wall exists at the end of the court opposite to the entrance.
The houses contain two rooms, one above the other. There are no
back windows and no through ventilation of any of the houses. At
the back of each house stand business premises. The water cistern
is at the end of the court, opposite the entrance, and at its
side stand two metal dust boxes. These are for the common use
of all the houses in the court. In the forecourts, which are
unpaved, there are small subterranean cellars with approaching
stone steps. (In the attached photograph, the man on the reader's
right-hand side is standing on the top of these stone steps in
one of the fore-courts.) In these places are situated the sanitary
conveniences for each house. There are about 50 persons
resident in Providence Place.
4. Eagle Court is approached from Red Lion Street under a
covered entrance, 16 ft. 6 in. long, 4 ft. 3 in. wide, and 7 ft. high.
The Court contains 15 houses, of which 4 are used exclusively for
business purposes. At the St. John's Lane end of the Court there
is an archway, 32 ft. long, 10 ft. wide, and 15 ft. high (just rebuilt),
which is a carriageway. The average width of the Court is 15 ft.
Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, and 11a are used for factory or workshop purposes
exclusively, whilst other houses in the Court are partially so used.
Four of the houses have no yards and no back ventilation.
The houses mostly have six rooms, and there are about 90
persons living in the Court. Several of these houses are in good
repair.