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This water closet had, at the time of my visit, a seat broken
and fouled, and a dirty pan. When its door was shut the inside was
rather dark.
The second yard has its entrance from the passage way
between Nos. 3 and 4.
Between the two yards there is a small covered outhouse
containing a washing copper, a large washing sink and a wooden
tub placed on a large galvanised iron cistern for support. The
floor of this outhouse is concrete, worn, broken and sunken in parts.
The second yard is divided by a high wall from the back yard
of No. 20, Cowcross Street, and has dimensions 9 ft. 6 ins. by
4 ft. 9 ins. There is a small extension of this yard eastwards,
having dimensions 4 ft. 6 ins. by 2 ft. 8 ins. This extension contains
the dustbins for the household refuse.
In this yard there are the 3 water closets which are near and
opposite to the only window of No. 5.
The condition of these water closets was as follow:—two
pans were cracked, all the pans were dirty, the floors and walls
were dirty.
Some of the one-roomed tenements of Market Buildings
deserve special mention owing to the sex-promiscuity which
prevailed ; the observed instances of this were as follows :—
1. The parents and a girl aged 14 years.
2. The parents and a boy aged 13 years.
3. The parents and a daughter aged 19 years.
4. The mother, two boys aged 15 years and 3 years, and a girl
aged 13 years.
The cooking arrangements are usually good, and consist of
an open firegrate with an oven, and often a gas cooker. (11 gas
cookers.)
Photographs.—Photographs were produced showing the various
details enumerated below.
1. The narrow entrance from Benjamin Street to White Horse
Alley.