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were below the level of the yard paving. These rooms did not possess sufficient light
and ventilation, being very dark and gloomy. The whole of the woodwork and
internal fittings were worn out and decayed. The stairs were narrow, steep, and
dangerous. The brickwork of the front walls was in many cases defective and
dilapidated.
The walls of Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 25, 27, and 33 to 47 (odd numbers) had been
repointed; Nos. 13 and 15 bulged.
Nos. 25 and 27 had been repointed. Nos. 29 and 31 had been repaired. The
walls of Nos. 2 to 20 (even numbers), 26 to 30, 36, 38, bulged, The walls of Nos.
22, 24, 32, and 34 had been repointed.
The brickwork of these houses was largely composed of soft, under-burnt bricks.
The water-closets were defective in 13 houses, and in two of them the doors were
so small that they could not be shut properly. Two water-closets had been recently
demolished and had not been reconstructed.
Everard Street.—A large number of the houses have three rooms with a small
back yard belonging to each house.
Nos. 32, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, and 51 have basement rooms, the ceilings of
which are on a level with, and in some cases below the level of the public footway.
The walls of these basement rooms are damp, the ones nearest to the street being unprotected
from the dampness which arises through being in direct contact with the
soil. There were no damp-proof courses. There was no ventilation beneath the
ground floors, and some of the ground floors were below the level of the yard paving.
These basement rooms were dark and gloomy. They had not sufficient light and
ventilation.
The woodwork and internal fittings generally of the whole of the houses were
decayed and worn out. The stairs were narrow, steep and dangerous.
The brickwork as well as the woodwork of many of the closets were rotten and
dilapidated.
The brickwork of the backfronts and of the ground floor back rooms was dilapidated
and bulging.
The front walls of Nos. 1 to 21 (odd numbers), 27 to 31, 2 to 8, 22, 44 to 50,
bulged.
Nos. 23, 25, 10 to 20 had been recently repaired.