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A complete list is given below.
LICENSED SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
Ansell, J. G 125, Brick lane.
Attwell, O. T. 278, Hackney road.
Button, Edward 266, Hackney road.
Dupuy, William 218, Green street.
Goram, J. J. 515, Hackney road.
Gregory, G. 291, Cambridge road.
Harris, John William 479, Cambridge road.
Kingston, A. 360, Bethnal Green road.
Knight, Charles 145, Brick lane.
Mason, E 416, Bethnal Green road.
Mazengarb, G 47, Green street.
Meadway, George 354, Bethnal Green road.
Mercer, William 53, Green street.
Perfect, J. 202, Hackney road.
Pawsey, F. William 24, Roman road.
Pollard, J 224, Bethnal Green road.
Read, J 294, Bethnal Green road.
Watson, William 470, Bethnal Green road.
West, Frederick 397, Hackney road.
Wragg, J. H. 274, Bethnal Green road.
COURTS AND ALLEYS.
In this district there are about sixty-seven courts and alleys that
have either no thoroughfare, or are only sufficiently wide for foot
passengers.
Against the position of some of these there is not a word to be said,
as the houses are fairly open both front and back; but many of them
are courts with back-to-back houses built all round, and approached
either by a narrow passage, or, worse still, by a covered entry.
Twenty-seven of the courts are approached by these covered entries,
and in eighteen the houses are built back to back, and without yards.
When these two conditions are found together; that is to say, a
court approached by a covered entry and the houses built back to back,
anything like proper ventilation or lighting is impossible; such a court
resembles the hold of a ship, and offers the same facility for the
stagnation of the air, which cannot circulate. Under such conditions
there can be no oxydation of effete matter, and no destruction of
disease germs by nature's disinfectant. Add to this want of cleanliness
and the almost universal overcrowding, and who can wonder at the
pallid and prematurely aged appearance presented by the inhabitants
of such places?
The only really satisfactory way to deal with these courts would be to
clear them away, for they can never be made healthy dwelling-places.