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The cow-houses in the District, 24, the slaughter-houses, 39, and the
hake-houses, 74, in number, have been visited during the Quarter.
In addition to this return, the Inspectors report that they have forwarded
to the Metropolitan Board of Works several notices of dangerous structures,
which notices the Metropolitan Board have promptly attended to.
Sanitary Improvements carried out in Houses and Localities.
King Edward Street.
The houses numbered 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, KingEdward
Street, Mile End New Town, have been taken down, notices
having been served upon the owners to close them, in consequence of
their being in such a state as to be unfit for human habitation. These
10 houses, which contained six rooms each, were very old wooden
structures, and had become not only much dilapidated, but the drainage,
water receptacles, back yards and privies, had been so neglected, that they
had become nuisances injurious to health.
Upon notices being served on the owner to remedy the defects, and so
render them fit for habitation, it was represented that the lease of tho
premises had nearly expired, and the leaseholder intimated that she would
prefer to give up the property to the freeholder, rather than incur the
expense of putting it in habitable condition. So soon as the lease
fell into the hands of the freeholder, all the houses were pulled down,
and the ground is now hoarded in.
Hayes Court.
The improvements effected in this court were mentioned in my last report;
since then, further improvements have been effected therein, by tho owner
having taken down the upper rooms of three of the houses which projected
into the court, but leaving the lower rooms to be used as wash-houses. This
court, although not in a satisfactory state as regards its sanitary condition, is
nevertheless much improved.
Great Tongue Yard, "Whitechapel Road.
The houses in this court, in consequence of the Inspector calling the attention
of the landlord to their unhealthy condition, have undergone a thorough
repair. The two public privies, which stood at the west end of the court, in
close proximity to the windows of the inhabited houses on each side, have
been taken down, and a new privy has been erected in a more suitable
situation for the use of the inhabitants of the four small houses on the
south side. As each of the houses on the north side of the court has a back
yard, a separate privy has been erected therein for the use of the tenants in
each house. A new drain has been made from the court to the sewer in the
Whitechapel Koad, the back yards have been re-paved and drained, and the