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Roby Street on the west consists of 12 houses, each containing
about 4 rooms above the basement. Each house is
occupied by several families. There are small back yards
closed in by high buildings. The street is approached by
an archway at its north end opening into Mitchell Street.
On the east side Roby Street consists of stables with
rooms over. No. 13 contains 4 rooms over the stable,
which are occupied by 3 families. The w.c. is on the
first floor landing. There is no through ventilation. No.
14 is occupied by one family. No. 15 has two rooms over
the stables and is occupied by one family. There are no
back windows and the yards are built over. The existence
of these stables, the narrowness of the street, and the lack
of through ventilation makes it most insanitary.
Richard's Place is a very narrow cul de sac and consists on its
east side entirely of workshops or warehouses, and on its
west side of small wooden sheds used as blacksmiths and
storage places. There are no back windows. There is an
absence of sufficient sanitary conveniences and of means of
ventilation.
Anchor Yard is a narrow turning off Old Street. It is not a
thoroughfare. It contains 20 houses, 16 of which have
only two rooms, 3 have 3 rooms, and one has 4 rooms.
They are for the most part 4-6 inches below the ground
level and are damp. They have very small, badly-paved
yards, and many houses have no back windows. The
ceilings of the rooms are low and the houses constantly
require sanitary supervision.
The deaths in this area during the last 5 years numbered
35. Seventeen of these were under 5 years, that is to say
53.1 per cent, of the total. The death rate works out at
32 5 per 1,000 per annum.
9. Baltic Street Area is a block of property bounded on the
W. by Middle Row, and the eastern side of Little Baltic Street, on
the N. by New Court and on the south side of Baltic Street, on