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Cases.
Flats.
Proportion
to
Flats.
Devon Buildings
59
554
1 in 9.4
Guinness Buildings, Page's Walk
119
454
1 in 3.8
Guinness Buildings, Snow's Fields
87
352
1 in 4.0
Park Buildings
36
224
1 in 6.2
Wolseley Buildings
62
189
1 in 3.0
Sutton Dwellings
19
194
1 in 10.0
Vine Street Buildings
60
214
1 in 3.5
Barnham Street Buildings
21
147
1 in 7.0
Barnaby Buildings
19
80
1 in 4.0
Hythe Buildings
20
70
1 in 3.5
Eastbourne Buildings
2
36
1 in 18.0
Hastings Buildings
1
36
1 in 36.0
Peabody Buildings
8
72
1 in 9.0
Abbey Buildings
10
128
1 in 12.8
The remarks made above about streets apply to buildings also
Devon Buildings and Abbey Buildings are in a good sanitary condition,
while Wolseley Buildings are very far from satisfactory.
One point to be noted about children living in buildings is that they
frequently get too little sleep. When they inhabit the higher storeys
their parents seldom think to go down to the playground to
fetch them at bedtime, while when they live in a lower storey, the
noise of older children at play effectually prevents sleep. Children
as young as two years may be seen playing in the yards till 10 p.m.
summer and winter.
(3) It cannot but be apparent to anyone who is sufficiently
interested to look up the notification register, that the present
method of notification serves only one useful purpose, and that
ineffectively. Notification as at present in force supplies a certain