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There were also eight houses in Collier Street, in front of
Collier Place, which were found to be insanitary. The drainage
was defective and the houses were worn out. The ceilings and
walls showed many signs of decay. The forecourts were unpaved
and damp, and the yards at the back of the houses, that is, between
the rear of these houses and the rear of the Collier Place houses, were
small and ill-paved. The houses were dark, and almost every room
was defective in various ways. The houses, in brief, were
insanitary and unfit for habitation. There were 27 adults and
9 children living in these eight Collier Street houses ; total, 30.
Upon these facts the owners ultimately decided to close and
demolish rather than attempt repair. After much delay, some
of which was unavoidable, all these 20 houses have been closed and
demolished. The number of persons displaced was 84.
Area G consisted of 11 cottages in Sermon Lane. These
houses formed two sides of a small court on the south side of
Sermon Lane. Some of them were practically back to back, and
all were insanitary and defective. The small forecourts in
front of the houses were unpaved or ill-paved. The houses were
dark and damp, the floors being slightly below the level of the
court. I drew the attention of the owner to the condition of these
houses in 1902, and finding their condition still worse in the present
year 1 urged upon him the importance of closure and the necessity
for action on our part if nothing was done by him. He
resolved to close the houses, which has since been carried out and
the entire property has now been demolished. The number of
people displaced was 39 adults and 12 children, total 51. Accommodation
has been found for most of these persons in the vicinity.
Area H consists of Sidney Place, a court opening out of
Sidney Street and containing 18 houses, occupied by 56 adults and
57 children, or a total population of 113 persons. All 18 houses
were carefully examined by me and found to be in a bad condition,
they were old and worn out, many of them being seriously dilapidated.
Walls, floors, and roofs were defective, as were also the