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owners can only be compelled to provide water supply to closets by a
special resolution of the Vestry.
Notices in accordance with, the provisions of these acts have already
been served upon the owners of these houses, but some premises are
in such a bad condition, or require such structural alteration as to
preclude the possibility of efficiently dealing with them under the
ordinary acts.
I am of opinion that the following houses are in a condition
dangerous to health so as to be unfit for human habitation, and should
be dealt with under the provisions of the Artizans' and Labourers'
Dwellings Acts, 1868:—
No. 3, Old Nichol Street—
The only entrance to the yard and closet of this house is by
passing through a dark unventilated cellar beneath the house.
Nos. 8, 9, 10, and 12, 13, 14, 15, Old Nichol Street—
All in a similar condition, and are dilapidated.
Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Maidstone Place—
The houses are filthy and dilapidated and damp.
No. 30, Old Nichol Street—
This house is dilapidated, damp, and badly ventilated ; the rooms
are low; the flooring of the lower rooms is eighteen inches
below the level of the street.
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Devonshire Place—
All these houses are dilapidated; the rooms are low, badly
lighted, and ill-ventilated.
House built in yard of 42, Old Nichol Street—
Rooms small and low; no back ventilation; flooring of lower
room dilapidated, and below level of yard.
House built in yard of 44, Old Nichol Street;
Two houses in rear of 46, Old Nichol Street—
General dilapidation and defective ventilation.