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brickwork is old, decayed and damp, and the floors of the lower
rooms are about two feet below the street level.
8. Nos. 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 15, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61,
63, Neath Place, and 33, 35, 37, Tapp Street:—This is a block of
small two-roomed cottages with tiny yards behind; the floors of the
lower rooms of the first nine are 18 inches below the street level;
in the others the floors are laid on the earth, and the ceilings are
only six feet six inches high. The rooms are imperfectly ventilated,
and none of them has a capacity of above 400 cubic feet. They
are all filthy dirty, and more or less damp and dilapidated.
9. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Gloucester Gardens :—These are
similar houses ; they are old, dilapidated and damp.
10. No. 53, Felix Street:—A four-roomed cottage, with a back
addition ; it is damp, dilapidated, and dirty throughout.
11 Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, Wellington
Place :—A row of small two-roomed cottages; they are old,
damp, and dilapidated, the flooring of the lower rooms is below tho
street level (in some instances as much as two feet).
12. No. 72, Church Street:—This is a large old-fashioned house,
on the South Side of Church Street. It is filthy, dirty and dilapidated
throughout, and so decayod as to be beyond repair.
13. No. 8, Lansdell Place :—A two-roomed cottage, the lower
room 18 inches below the street level, the walls and ceilings
saturated with moisture.
14. Monkfort, Court, Three Colt Lane;—Four small two-roomed
cottages, consisting of a ground floor only; tho brickwork is old,
decayed and damp, the woodwork rotten, and the floor boards are
laid on tho earth.
These repoits were from time to time handed to Mr. Yoss, laid
before the Yestry, and subsequently referred to the Surveyor,
who in turn reported upon the premises to the Yestry ; for a
detailed account of the action taken I beg to refer to the report of my
colleague, Mr. Barratt.
The first report presented referred to Martha Court, the Surveyor
and I had some correspondence over the form of that
report, and as the question raised by him is of interest, I give
copies of Mr. Barratt's letter and of my reply.
Dear Dr. Bate, Gth February, 188S.
I have been considering your reports on "Houses unfit for human
habitation," and before examining the properties and preparing my report on