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two cases of overcrowding, viz.: one at No. 9, where, in a room, measuring
12 feet x 10 x 7 there was a family of 8 persons, consisting of
the father and mother and six children; and the other at No. 15, where,
in a room, measuring 10 feet x 8 x 7 a family of 5 persons lived.
In the former case, the cubic space for each person was 105 feet, and in the
latter 112 feet. Several cases of indecent occupation were also observed.
This Court is a cul cle sac, and the want of a free current of air is apparent
from the fact, that the dense and offensive vapour from the malt-roasting
premises in the New Boad, which, at times, pervades the neighbourhood,
remains here for a considerable period before it is dispersed. Proceedings
have been taken to abate the overcrowding in two of the houses in this
Court. The following return shows the amount of worlc done by the
Inspectors during the quarter:—
Houses visited 1295
Preliminary Notices served 311
Compulsory Orders issued 97
Summonses heard at Police Courts 18
Houses in which the Rooms and Passages have been
whitewashed 156
Yards of Houses Paved or the Pavement repaired 131
Dust-bins provided 99
Privies cleansed or repaired 141
Water-butts supplied or repaired 103
Drains in Houses improved 140
Cesspools abolished 4
Accumulation of Dung and other offensive matter
removed 73
Area Gratings, Cellar Flaps, &c., repaired 15
In my first Report for 1856, I enumerated 148 Courts which were so
badly paved as to be a nuisance and injurious to health. This number is
now reduced to 13, and the owners have again been served with notices to
effect the necessary repairs. In some cases, however, when the same
Court is held by more than one owner, great delay in carrying out
improvements takes place, in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining
the joint co-operation of the several owners. If the Board could hold a
lien upon the property repaired by them, improvements in the district
would be more easily carried out. The undermentioned Courts are those
in which the pavement is still very defective, viz.: "Williams's Bents,
Brunswick Place, Mundy's Place, Kittleby Court, Frostie Place, John's
Place, Hunt Street, Green Dragon Yard, Dale Place, Samuel Court, Ann's
Place, Wilson's Place, Harrison's Buildings, Spitalfields, and New Court,
Fashion Street.