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Nos. 14 and 16. These houses consist of sixteen rooms, and are occupied
by 21 persons. The houses are comparatively new. Each house has a
yard, in which the water supply, dust bins, and privy accommodation are
placed.
Nos. 18 and 20 axe warehouses, which, when visited, were not occupied.
No. 22. This house consists of three rooms, and is occupicd by three
persons. The ground floor is used as a stable. The room above is used as
a store room, and on the landing, adjoining, the privy is situated ; both the
landing and the privy are perfectly dark. The house has no yard, and the water
supply is upon the first floor landing, adjoining the privy. The privy is
always in a wet and filthy condition, and tho refuse of the house is kept in
a tub on the second flight of stairs. This house is unfit for habitation.
West Side.
No.' 1. This house consists of four rooms, and is occupied by thirteen
persons. It is badly ventilated, and has neither a yard nor dust bin. The
water supply and privy are in a small dark recess at the foot of the second
flight of stairs. The privy is frequently in a wet and filthy condition, and
a bad smell pervades the whole house. This house is unfit for habitation.
Nos. 2 and 3. These consist of fourteen rooms, and are occupicd by
thirty-eight persons. The houses are frequently in a very dirty state.
Each house has a very small yard, in which the water supply, dust bins and
privies are placed. The privies are always in a wet and offensive
condition, which render the houses unfit for habitation.
Nos. 5 and 7. These houses consist of fifteen rooms, and arc occupicd
by twenty-four persons. The houses are badly ventilated, and neither of
them has a yard nor dust bin ; the water supply and privy accommodation
for both houses are in a dark passage on the ground floor of No. 5. The
privies are always very wet and offensive, and render the houses unfit for
habitation. The ground floor rooms of No 5 have been closed for some
time, by my order, in consequence of want of light and proximity to the
privies.
Nos. 9, 11, and 13. These houses consist of twenty-four rooms, and
are occupied by fifty-five persons. There is a narrow yard in the rear,
which is common to all three. The water supply, privy accommodation,
and dust bin are in this yard, which is only about three feet in width.
The dust bin is the only receptacle in which the inhabitants of Nos. 5, 7,
9, 11, 13 and 15, can deposit their house refuse. These houses, owing to
their faulty construction and defective sanitary arrangements, are unfit for
habitation.