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relaid. New W.C.'s built, one for each house. Sink and
water supply for each house separately. These houses have
large gardens. They are now fairly satisfactory.
Thair's Cottages.—1, 2, 3, 4. Similar houses to the above.
In fairly good condition. General repairs and drainage
attended to.
Oaklea Passage.—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16.
Four rooms and scullery. 11x11x7 Parlour and Bedroom.
1, 2, 23. 10x8½x7 Kitchen and Bedroom.
9 x 7½ x 8 Scullery
No. 4 is an 8 roomed house, larger rooms. The other houses
vary slightly in size. Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16,
have a third bedroom.
These houses are not very old. General repairs, drainage
paving, &c. were attended to. The houses are now fairly
satisfactory.
Vine Cottage and 1 and 2, Bittoms Lane.—General repairs
carried out.
This concludes the inspection of the district of the Bittoms.
Barn Yard Cottages, Mill Street.—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. These
houses have been thoroughly repaired. Damp courses have
been put in, the ground areas concreted, new floors put in
and roofs and gutterings repaired. A cement channel was
made the whole length of these houses in front to carry the
water from the roofs to the gullies and to prevent the heaping
up of garden mould against the walls of the houses, thus
causing dampness.
The W.C.'s and washhouses have been entirely re-built.
The drainage has been put in good order.