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Four dwellings each contained one combined room, twelve each contained
two rooms and small scullery, four each contained three rooms and four each
contained three rooms and small scullery.
All the dwellings were badly planned and some were wholly or part back
to back type and some were wholly or part single back type. Many lacked
satisfactory internal and through ventilation and contained dark and overshadowed
rooms, and some rooms required artificial light during the day.
Water closets were mostly entered from common staircases and used
by occupants of two dwellings, were inadequate and not readily accessible.
Washing accommodation was inadequate and not readily accessible; the wash
coppers provided were situated on the roof over the third floor of each block and
were used in common by the occupants of four or six dwellings. Structures were
weak, bulged, settled, cracked and tied in and not in a satisfactory state of
repair.
Represented on December 7th, 1936. Clearance order made on March 8th,
1937.
Prout Road Area (30 buildings).
Prout Road-. Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25; 4, 6, 8, 10,
12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36.
All the buildings in this Area were aged terrace types fronting on a narrow
public street and situated on a very congested site. The accommodation in the
dwellings varied considerably, the minimum individual accommodation comprised
two rooms and store and the maximum shop, seven rooms, cellars, wash-house
and two-storey out-building. Twenty-four buildings were without sinks and had
external water supplies in the yards. Four houses were without washing facilities
and many had wash coppers under temporary wood structures or in open yards
exposed to inclement weather. Several wash coppers were situated in outbuildings
and not readily accessible.
One building was without a yard and twenty-eight had restricted yards
below the required superficial area.
The houses were mostly badly planned and overshadowed and had street
doors opening directly into living rooms, were without passages and had dark
and unventilated central staircases leading directly out of the living rooms,
cramped and low rooms, lacked satisfactory internal ventilation and natural light,
and many houses had floors below the level of the adjoining ground.
The water-closets were unsatisfactory and not readily accessible and the
structure bulged and settled and had evidence of internal settlement. All the
buildings were damp.
Represented on December 7th, 1936. Clearance order made on March 8th,
1937.
North Street Area (60 buildings).
North Street : Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33,
35, 37, 39, 4'1, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65,
67; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26; 30, 32, 34;
38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54; 58.
This Area consisted of sixty aged terrace-type properties.
The dwellings were situated on a congested site and fronted on a public
street. Many had basement living fooms and cellars with floors varying in
depths below the levels of the street and adjoining ground. The accommodation