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pipes, insufficient surface water drains, absence of damp
proof courses and site concrete, and want of imprevious
paving of yards.
There are no congested areas in the District, most of
the cottages being isolated and having ample air space
around them.
I still have to report as in 1911 and 1912, that a great
lack of proper sanitary cottage accommodation for the
working classes throughout the whole District.
In Northwood the average rental for cottages is about
nine shillings per week, there are practically no cottages
with a rental as low as seven and sixpence per week.
A rent of nine shillings per week is a high figure for a
working man in this district to pay; this lack of cottages
at a more reasonable rental leads to dual tenancies in a
great number of the cottages; this dual tenancy is an
undesirable feature, the cottages are not designed for
double occupation, there being only one kitchen, scullery,
and W.C., and it apparently is the duty of neither of the
tenants to keep yard, scullery and W.C. clean.
At Ruislip Common, Ruislip Village and Eastcote
many of the cottages are very old, badly lighted and
ventilated, have ceilings in some cases as low as 6 ft. 2 ins.
floors below the level of the surrounding ground and are in
many other respects faulty.