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proprietors to ventilate the rooms by means of a square aperture
filled with perforated zinc, which has been done.
No. 9, Robert Street, a continuation of the houses in
Thomas Street, contains 11 families, has a central staircase,
and a skylight at the top which cannot be used for ventilation
or fire escape.
No. 32, Thomas Street, a respectably occupied house, but
with vaults behind filled with stinking refuse, quite sufficient to
create fever.
No. 30. A very dirty and dilapidated house, which, about
this time, came under the notice of the police, and was pulled
down as a dangerous structure.
No. 37. A very dirty house occupied by a marine store
dealer.
No. 38. An ill-ventilated and overcrowded house, with no
skylight, a central staircase, and with every staircase window
blocked up to erect little sleeping closets for the inmates. Here
the proprietor has been induced to abolish one of these closets,
so as to throw more air and light into the house.
No. 42. The basement dirty.
Tom's Court.—No. 2. Ill ventilated.
No. 6. Very dirty.
These are notes of some evils observed in the course of a
very complete and laborious inspection of this neighbourhood,
most of which have been rectified to a certain degree. Every
day's observation furnishes proof, that large numbers of people
living in close proximity, can only escape disease by taking
greater pains to keep their persons, clothes, beds, and apart-
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