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same conditions exist in these with regard to dampness,
defective floors and unsound ceilings as in all the others.
These houses are also rat infested.
The yards are larger and although they have been paved
this is now worn. There is a water closet to each house.
No. 13, Aspen Place, is in a similar condition as Nos. 9,
10, 11 and 12, but has a smaller yard which has been reduced
by additional buildings probably erected subsequent to the
building of the house.
No. 15, Aspen Place, is also in a similar dilapidated condition
as No. 13. The light in most of the houses in Aspen
Place is cut off to a large extent by the buildings opposite,
which are only about 10 feet away. No. 15, is well lighted,
no building being opposite.
Cove Cottages.
Nos. 5 and 6, Cove Cottages, in Aspen Place and opposite
Trafalgar Street. These houses are in a better structural condition
than the foregoing, but the same defects are present in
a lesser degree. They are both infested with rats.
Nos. 16 to 19, Aspen Place, known as Banner's Yard.
These four houses are not actually in Aspen Place, but are
situated at right angles to it and run down towards the Lower
Mall and are continuous with two houses known as Nos. 31
and 32, Lower Mall.
Most of these houses have no through ventilation. The
rooms are small and badly lighted, the walls are damp and the
floors not ventilated. The ceilings are sagging and some are
dangerous. The side wall of No. 16, Aspen Place is out of
the perpendicular and leans outwards. The roofs are in an
extreme condition of dilapidation. They have no space
behind, but there is a fairly large yard in front of Nos. 16 to
19, Aspen Place, with two water closets for the four houses.
Nos. 31 and 32, Lower Mall, which are continuous with
Nos. 16 to 19, Aspen Place, are in quite as bad condition of
dilapidation, moreover the yard in front is very small and
badly paved. The light to these houses is obstructed very
much by two houses Nos. 33 and 34, Lower Mall, which are
only about 8 feet distant.
Lower Mall.
This pathway is very narrow, in some places being as
little as 8 feet wide. It is too narrow to allow any but pedestrian
traffic, and the houses on either side obstruct each other's
light and ventilation.