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been incessantly attempted to be improved; but the
kitchen continued so offensive, that the Committee authorized
a requisition to the owner to close it as unfit for
human habitation, and the whole house to be cleansed,
which was done.
Ditto, No. 14. Again dirty throughout. Has been
cleansed.
George Street, Grosvenor Square, No. 24. The area
and basement of this crowded house were so offensive, as
to annoy passers-by in the street, owing to want of traps,
which have been provided.
Ditto, No. 23. Attics dirty; roof leaky; inhabited
kitchens offensive.
Ditto, No. 22. Inhabited kitchen dirty; gullies untrapped;
no water to closet. A shoemaker, wife, and
seven children occupied, day and night, a room under
1008 cubic feet in capacity. The kitchen has been
cleansed, the gullies trapped, a new water-closet erected,
and the over-crowding diminished. The family have taken
another sleeping room.
George Yard, Brown Street, No. 6. This, like some
other out-of-the-way places, had escaped observation, and
was mistaken for a stable or workshop; nevertheless it
was inhabited by a man, wife, and three children; very
dirty, a cesspool underneath, and no water supply. The
cesspool has been abolished, but the owner has preferred
shutting it up to making it fit for human habitation.
Swan Passage, Mount Street. The three cottages in
this yard had become dirty, the water supply inadequate,
and the old brick drain decayed and leaking into the
cellars of the White Swan public house adjoining. The
place has been cleansed, the tenants changed, the old