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front area emptied and filled up, and the premises were
properly drained by a 6-inch pipe drain into the sewer, and
the inlets trapped.
Flask Lane, No. 5. The front kitchen very dirty, and
contained the body of a child which had died from scarlatina,
and two others were sickening.
The kitchen was 12 feet in length, 11 feet wide, and
7 feet high. The cubic capacity was diminished by a
mangle and large bedstead ; and the rent of this miserable
hole was 2s. 6d. weekly.
The kitchen is obviously too small to accommodate a
family, and should never be let off to more than a man and
his wife. On applying to the landlord, he permitted the
family to remove to the back parlour, while the kitchen was
being cleansed and limewhited.
The father and one of the children in the front parlour
were attacked with diphtheria, shortly after the mother had
been confined.
The front room, on the first floor, although small, was
used as a school, and sometimes contained as many as 30
or 40 children.
Dr. Aldis directed the school to be closed for the
present.
Eaton Row, No. 7. This stable was drained only into
the dung-pit, and required to be drained into the sewer.
There was a case of fever, and two children had
already died within three weeks. Seven in family slept
there, and the rooms not being suitable for a dwelling,
the occupiers have been requested by the master to quit the
premises. A notice was served, and the stable has been
properly drained by a 6-inch pipe drain into the sewer in
Eaton Row.
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