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13. The back wall of the south-west corner of Market Buildings,
showing extensive cracks in the masonry, and incidentally two
pieces of string attached to the rain-water pipes for the purpose
of drying clothes.
14. Three water closets and a portion of the wash-house of
Market Buildings. These water closets are the only outlook from
No. 5, Market Buildings.
15. Interior of the ground floor of Market Buildings.
16. Entry to Pump Court from White Horse Alley.
17. A typical water closet in Pump Court.
18. Forecourt of Pump Court, showing the water supply and
dustbin of Pump Court, and the backs of houses in White Horse
Alley, which obstruct the light and ventilation of Pump Court.
19. Front elevation of Pump Court, looking north. The houses
in Pump Court are on the right of the photograph.
20. Front elevation of No. 8, Pump Court, showing cracks in
the brickwork above the door.
21. The two washing coppers provided for the use of Pump
Court.
Some of the photographs were designed to show subsidences and
dislocations, but owing to the angular displacements involved in the
perspectives of the various views, these subsidences and disloca—
tions were not clearly apparent in every case.
STATISTICS.—
1. Area of Borough of Finsbury 587 acres.
2. Population—
Borough of Finsbury Census, 1921 75,995
Estimated Population, Borough of Finsbury,
middle of 1925 77,560
White Horse Alley, Pump Court, Market Buildings 168
3. Borough of Finsbury Rateable Value—
Produce of a penny rate £4,481