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and the rooms dark. Nos. 1 and 2 have one cistern
between the two houses, which is used for supplying
the closets and for drinking purposes. This court is
so narrow and close, 9 feet 6 inches in its broadest
part, and 6 feet in the narrowest. I should, therefore,
recommend it being pulled down, the condition
and position of it not being compatible with health.
Charles Buildings.—A court leading out of St.
Martin's Lane by a long narrow entrance three feet
wide, consisting of four houses, inhabited by twentysix
people. These houses are very old, but at the
same time they are tolerably well kept, and the place
is not in a confined position. It would be a matter
of consideration for the confirming authority as to
whether these houses should be pulled down.
Princes Court.— Situated in Whitcomb Street is a
blind court consisting of seven houses, of thirty-three
rooms in all, populated by seventy-eight people.
These houses are all in a very bad condition. Nos.
1, 2, and 3 have wretched basements, the closets
most inconveniently situated. Nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7,
the same cistern is used for flushing the closet, and
also for drinking purposes. These premises, as a
whole, are in my opinion quite unfit for human
habitation, and should be razed to the ground.
Langley Court.—A court leading out of Long Acre
on the south side. I have inspected Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9,10.
and 11; in these six houses there are thirty-six
rooms, inhabited by eighty-four people. Nos. 8. 9,