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No. 44 much furniture has been sold to pay arrears of rent.
Dilapidated roof to scullery. All flags broken in yard. No
fence. No dust bin. Walls want re-pointing. Gutter is
broken, scullery floor decayed and sash lines broken.
4. 3, Tranby Place.—Broken hearth and oven, seriously
requires painting throughout. The house is almost without
furniture of any kind. All children barefooted, one with large
blister on foot due to nail in boots she must wear to attend
school. Emaciated baby of about 15 months on an old couch.
Want of food has caused the skin to tighten on the skull and the
child now carries a perpetual grin. The Borough Council should
visit Tranby Place, the members should go and smell it. The
paving of the Court is broken and very uneven. Half-way down
the Court one is met by a horrible stench from water closets
at the end. Children were playing in these water closets.
There is one copper for eight houses—that is to say the accommodation
for washing is absolutely inadequate. There is one
dustbin for the Court which contains sixteen houses.
5. Wick Road (Lower end).—The external condition of
houses in this road is bad. There are many defective roofs,
fallen gutters and broken windows. No. 431 has no gutter.
Asphalte paving requires renewal. There is insufficient and improper
arrangements for the escapement of water from the
roofs of projecting windows of rooms on the ground floor.