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they might be dealt with in an effectual manner, which was impossible whilst they
were in occupation. An excellent sanitary improvement was effected. The water
closets and sanitary arrangements generally were seen to, but it was not considered
necessary to touch the drains, the brickwork was pointed, the paving of the yard in
the front of the houses was re-constructed, and the yard properly drained, proper
hearths were provided for the front rooms, and sills for the front doors, all delapidations
were made good and the houses were cleansed and painted. Nos. 5, 11,13 and 15
Axe Place, although not closed, were also thoroughly dealt with in the manner above
referred to at the same time.
The house in Britannia Street, in the rear of which was a workshop, was dealt with
by Inspector Lear, and was closed by the owner upon receipt of a statutory notice
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. The house was in an extremely dirty
and delapidated condition, and the walls of the workshop were in a dangerous condition
and had been condemned by the District Surveyor.
No. 4, Byng's Buildings was closed by the owner, on receipt of a sanitary notice
from the Chief Inspector; the back wall of the house was sodden from top to bottom
so as to render the house unfit for habitation. No. 16, Clifton Street was closed by
the owner on receipt of a sanitary notice from Inspector Jordan. The house, which
was occupied by members of more than one family, was in a very dirty and delapidated
condition, and it was impracticable to proceed in a satisfactory manner with the work
necessary until the premises had been evacuated.
No. 2, Ebenezer Buildings was dealt with upon a sanitary notice from Inspector
Langstone. The house was overcrowded, and in a very dirty and delapidated condition,
and it was deemed necessary for the house to be emptied to get the work carried out in
satisfactory manner.
The house in Gifford Street was closed in order to allow of sanitary work
including the reconstruction of the drain, being carried out in an effectual manner
which would have been a difficult job whilst the house was inhabited.
No. 189, High Street includes a bakehouse. The premises had been allowed to
get into a very unsatisfactory sanitary condition, and on receipt of a statutory notice,
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the premises were vacated.
With regard to No. 128a, Hoxton Street, which was dealt with by the Chief
Inspector, this house has been during recent years, on several occasions, under the
notice of the Council's sanitary officers, and efforts have been made to get it kept in a
satisfactory sanitary condition. The house consists of some ten rooms, and when it
again came under observation, during the early part of the year, it was found to be
occupied by several families of Italians, numbering about thirty persons. The
premises are very old, and it was found, on inspection, that they had again been
allowed to get into a very dirty and also an extremely delapidated condition, and the
genera . condition of the house was such as to render it quite unfit for habitation.
Che owner was communicated with, and a statutory notice was served with a view to