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4 The freeholders and leaseholders.
5. The notifications of infectious disease during the
ceding five years.
6. The deaths and general death rates for five years.
7 The phthisis notifications and deaths for five years.
8. The infant mortality rates for five years.
9. The sanitary notices issued in respect of the property for
five years.
10. The drainage and water closet accommodation.
11. The water supply.
12. The disposal of house refuse.
13. The provision of washhouses.
14. The houses as obstructed and obstructing dwellings.
The absence of through ventilation.
15. The eaves, gutters, down spouts, and roofs.
16. The walls and woodwork.
17. The basements.
18. A fully detailed report upon each house, room by room.
The houses were condemned chiefly for the following reasons—
The houses were obstructed in respect of light and ventilation.
There was an absence of through ventilation.
The rooms were low or dark.
There were no washhouses.
There were no separate cupboards for food storage.
Some of the rooms had insufficient window area.
The approach to the court was by means of a narrow passage
30 yards long, whose width ranged from 3 ft. 10 ins. to 4 ft.
8 ins.
There were four houses containing 15 rooms, occupied by 14
families, consisting of 34 adults and children over 10 years, and
9 children under 10 years. The average death rate for the preceding
five years had been 31 per 1,000.
Registered Houses let in Lodgings.-No fresh houses
were placed on the register in 1914. The number on the register
at the end of the year was 1,164.