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cleansing the houses and improving their ventilation; indeed
no stronger proof can be afforded of such benefit than the
immediate diminution in the amount of sickness which, at the
time of my visit, prevailed among the inhabitants. In order,
however, still further to improve this court, I would strongly
advise that notice should be immediately given to the owner of
the slaughter-house abutting upon the East side of the court,
that his license will be opposed upon the next occasion, in order
to secure proper ventilation to the houses on that side. I
would also further recommend, that a railing should be substituted
for the wall at the South end.
By an examination of houses in Vincent Street, I found
underground dwellings were being occupied as sleeping apartments,
contrary to the Act of Parliament: there were also
others in the immediate vicinity to which the same objection
applied. The occupants are now removed.
In Cottage Place, Vauxhall Road, the houses require
thoroughly cleansing and whitewashing.
In Cottage Place, Ship Court, the houses are in a most
filthy and dilapidated state, and the water supply is utterly
insufficient, and from being contained in an open tub placed
upon the ground, is in a condition not proper for persons to
drink. If it be possible to compel a continuous service of
water, in this instance it would add materially to the comfort
as well as to the health of the inhabitants; and by simply
having a pipe running along the back of each house, with a
tap in the yard of each, and in those instances where there
are no yards, in the ground passage, a proper supply would be
maintained with less cost to the Water Companies and greater
comfort to the inhabitants.