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Nos. 29, 31, 33,
35, 37, 39, 41,
43, 45, 47, 49,
51 & 53, Great
Garden Street.
The tenants of these houses had always to
pass through the cellars to get to the closets and
yards. This serious objection was overcome by
a portion of each ground floor back room being
taken away, and the passages continued through
to the rear ; the cellars need not now be used to
get to the closets and yards as heretofore. This property also
belongs to one owner.
Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,
6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,
12, 13 & 14,
Tewkesbury
Buildings.
The whole of these premises have been
thoroughly cleansed and repaired throughout.
The closets at Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, have
been brought from rear of the basements and
placed in newly constructed areas in front of
such premises, the areas being constructed of
white glazed bricks, and fitted with bull's-eye lights. The closets
of Nos. 8, g, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 were, and always have been, in
front of premises, but they have all been re-constructed, and the
brickwork of areas rendered with cement, and such areas have
been fitted with bull's-eye lights. Cottage pans and traps have
been used throughout, and have been set in bricks and cement,
with new seats to closets, with 4½ inch risers only; the floors of
closets have been concreted and cemented throughout. New
sinks have been provided where necessary, and in all cases wastes
from sinks have been disconnected from drain and made to discharge
over earthenware syphon gullies. The drain is now efficiently
ventilated, and is provided with a fresh-air inlet, and also
an inspection chamber, fitted with one of Crapper's "Kenon"
intercepting traps (made from design of Dr. Corfield). These
houses being back-to-back erections, special provisions had to be
made for ventilation, and which was effected by taking off small
portions of the rooms and staircases, and making a shaft in each
house of several feet square from top of house to bottom, fitted
with windows looking into every room and on to every landing,
such windows being made to open and shut, as well as the glass
in top panes being so put in as to leave an inch opening at top.
Each shaft was fitted with skylight and fixed louvres. By these
means, additional light and ventilation was obtained. The property
belonged to one owner, and the cost of the works carried
out was over £1000.