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There is practically no means of through ventilation, as there are
only small gratings in the back walls on the staircases (in many
cases closed up by tenants), close to which are the high walls of
adjoining buildings. There are no yards. The vv.c.'s (6) are
situated in the open courtway, four at the south end and two at the
north. All these houses are registered under the Bye-laws for
Houses let in Lodgings, and contain on an average about a dozen
persons to a house. The total deaths in the five years numbered
twenty-four.
There are fifty-six families (166 persons) living in the area.
The death rate was equal to 28.9 per 1,000 per annum. Deaths
(1895-1899) five years and under, averaged 29'1 per cent., and
from phthisis 25 per cent.
Six cases of infectious disease were certified, and sixteen nuisance
complaints were received during five years, and during 1900 twenty
notices were issued.
2. Tilney Court, Old Street, is a narrow paved way,
approached by an archway between two shops, Nos. 132-134, on
the south side of Old Street, and contains nine small houses, five on
the east and four on the west side. The former have been closed
for about nine years, having no w.c.'s.
The four houses on the west side contain four rooms each—two
on a floor. There are back windows to all the houses, but a high
wall at rear, enclosing stable and farrier premises, limits the through
ventilation. There is a high wall at end belonging to the premises
in Banner Street, and the height of the houses in Old Street prevent
a current through the courtway. The houses are occupied by four
families each, chiefly costermongers. The ground floor is unventilated;
the paving is bad. There is a small yard to each house,
averaging 15 feet by 5 feet, and containing a w.c. The houses
themselves are in fair repair, and being much over-crowded, a
number of notices have been served to abate.
The number of inhabitants is thirty-seven; the total deaths
(1895-1899) eight, equal to 4.3 per cent., half being children five
years and under.