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Particulabs of the Condition of Houses in the Narrow tart of
Goulston Street, "Whitechapel.
The narrow part of this street consists of three warehouses and eight
dwelling-houses, numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16 and 22, on the east side,
and fifteen houses on the west side, numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15,
17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27, making a total of twenty-three houses. The
houses are occupied by 377 persons, namely, 196 adults and 181 children.
The average number of persons in each house is 16.3. The width of this
portion of the street is in its widest part 15 feet, and in the narrowest
12 feet 3 inches, while the houses on each side of the street are on an
average 35 feet in height. This street is always in a very offensive condition,
in consequence of the inhabitants of most of the houses throwing
their house refuse and slops into the public way, the necessary conveniences
of the houses being difficult of access, especially of tho numbers 6 and 8.
East Side.
Nos. 2 and 4. These houses consist of sixteen rooms, and are occupied
by 30 persons. They might be deemed to be well ventilated if the surrounding
atmosphere were not vitiated by the foul smells from the open
street. Each of these houses has a yard, in which the water supply,
dust-bins, and privies are placed. The privies being accessible to the public
are generally in a filthy condition.
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Nos. 6 and 8. These houses consist of twenty-five rooms, and are
occupied by 70 persons. The houses are badly ventilated, the staircases and
some of the rooms are dark; neither of the houses has a yard; the watersupply
is placed upon the staircases; the privy accommodation for each house
is upon a flat which forms a roof to the back addition of No. 6; a shaft is
fixed from this flat to a dust-bin in tho yard of No. 4, for the occupiers of
Nos. 6 and 8 to throw down their house dust. Both of these houses are at
all times very offensive, owing to their defective sanitary condition and
faulty construction, and are in my opinion totally unfit for habitation.
No. 10. These premises are occupied by Messrs. Hill & Jones, and
are used as a warehouse for carrying on the business of a confectioner.
No. 12. This house consists of eight rooms, and is occupied by 30
persons. The house is badly ventilated ; it has no yard; the water supply,
dust-bin, and privy, are in the cellar, which is dark, as is also the staircase
leading thereto. The privy and cellar are always in a wet and filthy condition,
and the smell arising therefrom renders the house totally unfit for
human habitation.