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(b) INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
The three industrial buildings are included in the clearance areas on
the grounds that they are considered dangerous or injurious to the health of
the inhabitants of the area by reason of their bad arrangement in relation
to adjoining dwellings. The Glass Works in Grange Road is surrounded by
dwelling houses in close proximity part of the works is built into the yards
at the rear of houses in Grange Road and in one instance the Factory boundary
fence is as close as 3' 6". The factory also encroaches on the yard at the
rear of a house in Carlisle Road. The noise and fumes from working machinery
and glass furnace at this factory is a source of nuisance and annoyance to
neighbouring residents.
The Shoe Factory in Carlisle Road (see Plate No. 18 - page27-28) is
built into and over-shadows the yard of adjoining houses; the north wall
which is 30ft. high is within 13ft. of the back additions of houses in
Crescent Road. This factory obstructs free admission of light and air to
neighbouring dwelling houses and is a source of nuisance and annoyance to
neighbouring occupants.
PRINCIPAL GROUNDS OF UNFITNESS FOR HABITATION
Following is a summary of the principal grounds for being satisfied
that the houses coloured pink on the map are unfit for habitation. The
majority of the under-mentioned defects exist in varying degrees at all
houses.
STABILITY .See Plate No.21 ,
Evidence of uneven settlement - brickwork of front and rear elevations
bulged and/or fractured out of plumb and alignment brickwork courses out
of level window and door openings out of square sills fractured roofs
sagging floors out of level excessive vibration in floors.
REPAIR - EXTERNAL
Brickwork sills and copings - Perished brickwork and pointing and
broken loose rendering to walls and chimney stacks. Badly weathered and
defective sills and copings
Paving - Sunken and fractured paving of yards and passages.
Roofs Gutters - Main and back addition roofs sagging, slates and/or
tiles missing displaced or defective eaves gutters and rainwater pipes
perished and defective valley gutters badly constructed and leaking.
Woodwork - Sagging roof timbers window and door frames decayed and/or
badly worn or ill-fitting.
REPAIR INTERNAL
Woodwork generally - Badly worn and weak stair treads badly fitting
and defective doors and window frames sashes decayed badly worn and ill
fitting.
Floors - Ground floor timbers decayed and/or sunken out of level and
unstable, floor-boards badly worn and/or worm-infested.
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