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In addition to the above, special areas were dealt with
by the Medical Officer of Health personally. These areas
were situated in No. 1, No. 3 and No. 4 sanitary districts.
Special attention was given to particular streets in those areas
owing to the dilapidated and insanitary condition of many
of the houses. In No. 1 district the following were the
streets which called for attention :—
Belfour Street Woodgate Street
Ponton Street Ponton Road
Everett Street Bramwell Street
The condition of many of the houses in these streets was
very bad—dirty, damp, dilapidated and verminous. With
regard to the worst of these houses I had an interview with
the agent, who promised to carry out the Council's requirements.
As a result, a very considerable improvement was
effected in the condition of these houses.
In some houses in Bramwell Street, as a result of several
cases of infectious disease having occurred therein, I visited
and inspected the houses, which I found to be in a very
insanitary condition. The sanitary convenience in 5 of these
houses was situate in the scullery, and practically ventilated
into the kitchen. In addition to this unsatisfactory and
dangerous state of things, the houses were, for the most part,
dirty, dilapidated and verminous. I had an interview with
the owner, who arranged, at my suggestion, to remove the
w.c.'s to the yard and to thoroughly cleanse and repair the
houses throughout, and the premises are now in a satisfactory
condition.
In No. 3 district a personal house-to-house inspection was
carried out in Ford's Place and Little Europa Place. The
condition of several of the houses in the latter street was so
bad as to appear to me to be impossible to deal with satisfactorily
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. I made
a special report to the Committee, and applied for notices to
be served under Part II., Section 32, of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890. The amount of structural