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whole of them are unfit for habitation and should be dealt with under
the provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
Faith Street is a narrow blind street, or cul dc sac; it varies in
width from a maximum of 13 feet 3 inches opposite No. 3, to a
minimum of 12 feet 2 inches opposite No. 21; the end of the street
most distant from Cambridge Road is closed by the boundary wall
of the Trinity Alms Houses.
There are 29 houses in the street, all of them two-roomed huts
excepting the first and last houses on the right-hand side, the other
27 houses are almost identical in construction and measurement:—
Lower rooms, 7x9x9.8 = a capacity of about 600 cubic feet each.
7.2 + 5.2
Upper rooms, 10x5x--------------= a capacity of about 560 cubic
2
feet each.
Each house has a small yard in the rear, rather less than 100
square feet in arei3.
The joists of the lower rooms are mostly laid upon the earth and
the space beneath the boards is unventilated; in a few instances
the floor boards are below street level, but usually they are flush
with the pavement.
The ceiling height of the upper rooms varies from 7.2ft. in front
to 5 2ft. at the back; numbers 5, 11, 13, and 32 have small windows
in the rear, the remainder are unprovided with back light or
through ventilation.
The whole of the houses in the street appear to have been originally
constructed of old building materials, they are worn out and
rotten, though they have been refronted and look much better from
the street than they really are; many of the roofs are leaky and
the walls throughout the street are more or less damp, though in
many instances this dampness is hidden from view by matchlining.
The condition as to cleanliness varies a good deal, a few inhabited
by careful tenants appear clean and tidy, but in many instances the
walls are dilapidated and filthy.
Each house has a W.C. in the yard, in most instances fitted with
a long hopper pan with a square inlet, and provided with a very
inadequate water flush.