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Since my last Report there have been occupied in Cartwright
Street some dwellings, built for Messrs. Rothschild by Mr. J. Sparks.
They are, without doubt, the best in the District. They are
constructed after plans by Messrs. Wilson, Son and Aldwinch,
and consist of 64 rooms arranged to accommodate families
requiring either two, three, or four rooms each. The sanitary
arrangements, and also the requisites for comfort, are excellently
devised. The buildings comprise four stories, and all staircases
and corridors are constructed of fire-proof materials. The staircase
walls are lined with a dado of white glazed bricks, and all landings
and passages are paved with red and buff Staffordshire tiles.
The W.C.'s and slop shoots are placed in projecting wings at the
rear with an intervening lobby between them and the main
building. The soil pipes are all external, with fresh air inlets at
the bottom and exhaust ventilation at the top, and the drainage is
laid in straight lines between large ventilated man-holes. All
wash-pipes also have air separation traps at foot, and are open at
the top. Special and complete arrangements are made for the
removal of the dust by means of external shafts with galvanized
iron receivers.
In this immediate neighbourhood, approaching completion,
are also some model dwellings on a much larger scale, which, if
not so ornate as those I have just described, merit mention as
evidence of care, from a sanitary point of view, in their design. They
will consist of 367 rooms, divided into 220 tenements of three, two,
and single rooms. Fireproof materials have been introduced into
floors, roofs and stairs, and the walls of the landings and passages
are covered with a glazed cement capable of being washed. A
sink, with water supply laid on, is provided in each living room,
covered in and trapped, with a lead waste discharging into the
open rain-water head of the stack pipe outside the wall, which
discharges into an open grating above a trap. Like the buildings
of Messrs. Rothschild, wash-houses and necessary fittings are
provided upon the roofs. The W.C.'s are sufficient and efficient.
The drainage is connected to the sewer in approved manner, and a
ventilating shaft is carried up above the parapet of each of the
buildings. Each block is provided with Inspection and Receiving
Chambers, having an air inlet and an iron air-tight cover, built
with glazed brick bottom and sides, into which all drain pipes are