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6. Berkshire Road.-The brick work of houses in this
road needs repair. Cement is falling away round windows,
many window sills are broken.
7. Paragon Road.—The continuous forecourt of Paragon
Terrace needs making up. Water lying in puddles.
8. 99, Holly Street.-Sash frames unsound, doors cannot
be fastened, old locks, floors decayed and banisters unsafe, cupboards
for food in lower part of premises unfit for use; the
dresser in the kitchen should be seen, it cannot be described
The walls over the copper in the kitchen are falling away. The
copper is in kitchen, which is used as a dwelling room. Lodgers
have to use the kitchen, and the continuous presence of steam
and damp in the rooms has caused bronchitis in a child living
there.
9. 95, Holly Street.—Cistern leaks, seat of w.c. soddened
with water, kitchen ceiling falling in, plaster coming from laths.
The bars of the grate are broken, hearth perished and the floor
weak. The copper is perished, and the walls over the copper
are falling. There is a sink but no outlet for water. When the
kitchen was last redecorated the tenant did it at his own expense;
it now requires re-papering and painting. In the front
room the ceiling needs white-washing and the walls re-papering;