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Three deaths were due to phthisis, being equal to 37.5 per cent.
of the whole.
Only two notices of infectious cases have been received and
eleven nuisance complaints for the five years, and, during 1900,
thirteen notices were issued.
3. Young's Buildings, Old Street, is a block of
buildings bounded on the North by Old Street, on the South by
Garrett Street and the rear of premises therein, on the East by the
vacant space at the back of Whitecross Street, and on the West by
the rear of Young's Buildings and the East side of premises in
Garrett Street. The entrance is a narrow turning between
No. 86, Old Street (a coffee shop), and a vacant space, formerly
occupied by a brewery. It consists of seven houses, six of which
contain three rooms, and have windows back and front, also small
windows on staircase. The six are each occupied by three or four
families. No. 7 has four rooms. The ground floors of Nos. 4, 5
and 6 are below the level of the paving in the court. They are in a
fair state of repair, have a small yard (about 42 ft. in area) with w.c.
for each house; they have windows at the rear, but the high wall
behind, building in front, and closed end limits the circulation of
air. The site of the brewery being now vacant renders this place
more healthy than formerly, but the interiors of the houses are not
in a good sanitary condition.
In this area is included Nos. 86 and 90, Old Street, and Nos.
189 to 209, Whitecross Street. No. 86 is the coffee and dining
rooms at the corner of Young's Buildings and Old Street. No. 90
is the public-house at corner of Whitecross Street; it contains
eleven rooms and is occupied by one family and employes; there
are two w.c.'s. The houses in Whitecross Street contain shops and
six rooms, and cellars used for storage in two or three cases; they
are occupied by one family each with an average of five persons;
the w.c.'s are situated in the houses 203 and 205. There are no
yards in six cases. The houses were shut in by the brewery
buildings at rear, which buildings extended from Old Street to
Garrett Street. They are in fair repair.
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