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Nos. 70 and 72 were in good condition; the yard of No. 70 was very small, and
had an area of 18 feet only.
No. 76 was structurally defective, the walls being damp, and the yard had an
area of 28 feet only.
The brickwork of No. 78—with the exception of that of the water-closet—was
in a fair condition.
No. 80 had reoently been rebuilt.
The brickwork of Nos. 82, 82a, 82b, and 84 was in a fair condition.
Nos. 98, 100, 102, and 104 were in a fair condition, with the exception of the
basements, which were damp.
Nos. 108, 110, and 112 were thoroughly worn out, being decayed, rotten and
bulging.
The front part of No. 114 had been newly done up, but the basement as well
as the interior part of the house was worn out and rotten. The walls were very
damp.
There was no ventilation underneath the basement floors of 13 of the houses,
and the water-closets of eight houses were defective in one way or another.
Berner Street.—The scheme consisted of the following houses on the west side
of the street, viz.: Nos. 28 to 40, 40a, 42 to 46 inclusive. Many of the premises
were structurally defective The brickwork was rotten and the walls were damp.
There was no ventilation beneath any of the lower floors, and the joists in many
cases were resting on damp earth. There was an entire absence of damp-proof
courses, and the walls were composed of soft, under-burnt bricks, which, of course,
rendered the houses very damp. The owners had in most of the houses covered the
lower portion of the walls with boarding. This did not remedy the evil, but concealed
the true state of affairs. The basement rooms were the worst, being damp,
dark, insufficiently lighted and ventilated. The woodwork generally was worn out
and rotten. The water-closets of six of the houses were defective.
Boyd Street.—Most of the houses in this street consisted of three very small
rooms with a small yard at the rear.
Nos. 33, 35 to 50, and 52 had basements, the ceilings of which were on a level
with the public footway, and in some cases were even below that level. The walls of
these basement rooms were damp, the side next to the street being quite unprotected
from dampness arising from contact with the soil. There were no dampproof
courses. There was no ventilation underneath the lower floors. Some of the floors