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Harrow Road, may be gathered from the subjoined
extract from my bi-monthly report:—
"The premises are occupied by a widow and family
paying- 7s. per week rent. The floors of the
rooms and passages, the treads and risers of the
stairs, and the paving in the yard are broken.
Some of the windows are without sashes, and the
doors are without hinges. The drains are untrapped;
the water-butt which forms one side of
the two closets is uncovered, and the closets
are without water supply. The walls and the
ceiling's are crumbling- in ruin."—
These premises were also closed. More would have
been done in this direction, but for the circumstance
that some of the worst property in the parish is vested
in the Metropolitan Board of Works, and is about to
be pulled down to make room for the Harrow Road
Improvement.
A penalty of £5 and costs was recovered from the
owner of No. 25, Caroline Place, for not obeying an
order of the Vestry, "To provide a properly paved or
other impermeable surface to the whole of the yard,
so as to insure the good and efficient surface drainage
thereof." The proceedings were taken under the
Metropolis Local Management and Amendment Acts.
I have much pleasure in acknowledging the readiness,
on all occasions, of the Inspectors, Mr. Clifford and
Mr. Biorn, to acquaint me with such practical details as
I have at any time desired to know, and their prompt
attention to the matters which I have brought under
their notice.
My thanks are due to the Registrar-General, and to