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the doors should be grained and re-varnished. The place probably
needs fumigating. In the bedroom a fire is impossible,
the stove being in such a broken condition. As regards the
passage, the woman living in the house says, "Cannot let the
children play in the passage because the falling pieces of ceiling
get in their eyes." The walls of the passage are crumbling.
The rent of this house is l5s. weekly. The present tenant has
lived there four years, and has never seen a Sanitary Inspector.
10. 101, Holly Street.—Passage, lath and plaster decayed.
In the rooms the window frames are rotten, and the stoves worn
out and broken. In the back room on the ground floor the ceiling
recently fell on a child when in bed. The ceiling has been
patched up but shows signs of falling again shortly. In the
kitchen new floors are required; the joists are decayed. The
tiles are loose on the w.c. roof. The flags in the yard are very
much worn, and there is insufficient fall to carry away the water.
In the kitchen the stove is dilapidated; there is a sink but no
outlet for water. The stairs in the house are rotten, and the
banisters unsafe. The ceiling in one of the back rooms is liable
to fall. There are three papers on the wall ⅛ in. cement to cover
the defects in the wall. The cupboard plaster is coming down.
The house is over-run with bugs.
11. 16, Dyssell Street—The boards in passage are weak.
Stove all to pieces and a new copper is wanted. In the washhouse
the rain comes in and there is a faulty water tap. Washhouse
flooded. Gully not low enough to take waste water.
The back room cannot be tenanted "on account of the smells."
A new stove and a new door is wanted. This room is 8 ft.
square. The uprights of the yard door are decayed, and the
stairs very much worn and dangerous.