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Nos. 43 to 62, Ely Terrace.—Closing Orders were made with respect to these
24 houses in March, 1910. The floors were taken up, a space excavated underneath
and ventilated, and new floor boards were supplied. Staircases were repaired or new
ones provided. In fact, the whole of the inside and outside portion of the premises
was thoroughly done up, and the drains and water-closets were reconstructed. The
Closing Orders were rescinded in June, 1911.
Bennett's Place.—Closing Orders were made for the 5 houses in this Court, but
they were rescinded in October, 1911.
These two-roomed houses were without through light and ventilation. They
had no back yards, no separate water closet accommodation, and there was no water
supply provided to any of the houses. There was one water closet just within the
entrance of the Court which was common to the 5 houses. The walls were damp
and there were no damp-proof courses. The floors were on the bare earth.
After the houses were closed, 4 water closets were constructed. The earth underneath
the ground floor of each house was excavated and the space ventilated by
air-bricks. Damp-proof courses were provided and a separate water supply was
provided to each tenement.
There is now through ventilation in each tenement. The houses have been
thoroughly repaired and re-decorated.
Cornwall Place.—The 5 houses had been unoccupied for some time. The walls
were damp and there were no damp-proof courses. Closing Orders were made in
January and rescinded in March. All the houses were thoroughly repaired.
Cornwall Square.—The 4 houses in this Square had been for years a source of
continuous trouble due to their dilapidated condition. Sufficient work was done to
barely satisfy the requirements of our various notices.
Closing Orders were made in January and rescinded in July, after the premises
had been put in a thorough state of repair.
Regulations made by the Borough Council in 1911 as to
Underground Rooms habitually used as sleeping places.
Whereas by Section 17 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, it is
enacted as follows:—
Sub-Section 7. A room habitually used as a sleeping place, the surface of
the floor of which is more than three feet below the surface of the part of the
street adjoining or nearest to the room, shall for the purposes of this section be