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10, and 11 are in tolerable repair; but 1 and 2 are in a
very bad condition. I consider these six houses are
not fit and proper habitations, their construction not
being in accordance with health.
Hanover Court.—This is a court leading out of
Long Acre on the south side. I have examined Nos.
4, 5, and 6; these three houses contain twenty-two
rooms, inhabited by fifty-nine people. These
premises are very old and out of repair, the rear
is very confined owing to a wall which extends to
the height of the houses in the court, and in one of
the houses there is only a space 4 feet nine inches
between the back and the aforementioned wall. All
the rooms are very dark, and each house has a
wretched basement. These premises should most
certainly be pulled down.
Little Catherine Street.—This is a narrow, miserable
court close by White Hart Street, Drury Lane. On
one side is situated the "Echo newspaper office, and
on the other Nos. 1 and 2, Little Catherine Street.
These two houses are in the most miserable, wretched
condition, and are certainly not fit for human
habitation.
No. 1 has four rooms (one room on each floor)
populated bv sixteen people; there are no back
windows, the staircase dark and narrow, and the
house generally in a very dilapidated state.
No 2 consists of seven rooms populated by sixteen
people. This house is equally as bad as the