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in default, to do the required works at his expense.
This order having been disregarded by the Owner,
it was carried into effect by the Sanitary Committee
on the 7th of June.
On the 2nd of November I reported on the
unwholesome condition of certain dwellings in
Carlton Place and Andover Place, to which my
attention had been specially directed in consequence
of an outbreak of smallpox in those
localities. The disease had been fatal to several
persons, and its extension seemed to be in great
measure attributable to defective ventilation. It
appeared that the houses in question had
originally been constructed for stables, and that in
some of them only half of the inhabited rooms
were provided with windows, the rest being
furnished with no adequate means either of lighting
or ventilation. None of the houses having either
backyard or forecourt it had been necessary to
place the water-closets, wash-houses and sinks in
the interior, from which arrangement, combined
with the absence of provision for ventilation, the
internal atmosphere was so offensive that no one
unaccustomed to foul odours could remain in it.
Having prepared a detailed statement of the works
necessary for the improvement of these premises, I
suggested that immediate steps should be taken for
their enforcement. Accordingly, the Sanitary
Committee instructed the Inspector to make