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APPENDIX. XI
there are some in fair condition and structural repair, the vast
majority are old, worn, ill-ventilated and unfit for habitation.
Without entering into a minute description, a few short notes may
be added respecting each street or court.
In Stanhope Street (350 ft. by 35 ft.), of which only the western
side is within the sub-area, some of the houses are fair and a few of
them by virtue of possessing a back yard have somewhat better
ventilation than others. The interiors, however, are far from
satisfactory.
Drury Lane is in some degrees comparable to Stanhope Street,
being the same length and breadth, but owing to the temporary
clearances on the western side of the street obtains a freer access of air
and light. The houses are in worse repair and sanitary condition than
those of Stanhope Street. All are without exception used in various
trades having shops on the ground floor. A number have been altered
for business accommodation and in such a manner as to be detrimental
to their hygienic condition. The water supply and closets are
frequently in the basements or much crowded at the back. The
back ventilation is generally extremely deficient.
Blachnoor Street on the southern limit is a narrow market
thoroughfare less than 20 feet wide. The dozen houses are old,
most of them are without ventilation; all of them are dark. The
ground floors are occupied for business purposes.
The six courts included in the square are with two exceptions,
blind alleys, having only one entrance, they are as follows :—
Nag's Head Court, is approached by an archway 40 feet long and
3 feet 4 inches wide. The court is about 8J feet wide and contains
seven houses, three of which are solely business establishments (1
and 2 a fruit warehouse, 7, and 8 a patent medicine factory). All
the inhabited houses are extremely poor, with narrow staircases,
dark, dirty rooms, small cramped yards, and defective sanitary
arrangements in each case. The water-supply and closet are in
immediate proximity to each other in the yard ; the former is fair,
the latter invariably bad. The light is shut out from the inhabited
houses by Eversley Buildings.
Harford Place is 18 feet wide, but is obstructed at its entrance
by a house in Drury Lane and reduced to 9 feet. All the eight