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No. 3. The front door is very defective, wind
and rain water can come through, and the backdoor
has the same defects. The wall in front-room
is very damp.
No. 4. Front and back rooms have damp
walls.
No. 5. Same condition.
The sanitary defects of all 5 cottages are:—
1. Dilapidated roof.
2. The guttering in front and back is in a
very defective condition and causes dampness
of the walls.
3. There is no W.C. A double privy is in
the garden.
All can be remedied by the following alterations
and improvements:—
1. To repair the roof and point the tiles.
2. To make a good and substantial guttering
in front and back, in order to keep the
walls dry.
3. To repair the ceilings and the wall
papers where they are defective.
4. To remove the privies and erect closets
with proper flushing cisterns.
5. To supply a guttering for the coal shed.
6. To ventilate floors of No. 2 and 5.
If these alterations are carried out, the cottages
are quite fit for human habitation, especially
as they are always occupied by only one person.
In September I reported about 8 cottages in
Cranmer Place and gave the following certificate, "I
have this day inspected Marian Cottages, Cranmer
Place, Teddington, and I have found those 8 cottages
in a state so dangerous and injurious to
health as to be unfit for human habitation."