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great annoyances to persons in having their apartments
saturated with foul water. Notices were served on the owners
requiring the abatement of these nuisances, in compliance
with which the closets have been thoroughly repaired, water
has been laid on, and the floor of eaeh closet has been paved
with cement concrete. Tenants are thus largely protected
from carelessness of neighbours, and from results of accident
to the closet arrangements in the apartments above. The
injuriously situated cisterns have been removed, water is now
obtained from large cisterns placed on the roofs, and large
efficient waste pipes have been provided throughout.
HOUSES UNFIT FOR HABITATION.—The two-roomed houses
in Rose Street, Curtain Road, Nos. 1 to 8, and Nos. 12 to
22, whose dilapidated and injurious condition was frequently
under the consideration of the Sanitary Committee, have been
demolished, after much delay conceded to the owner in consideration
of his expressed intention to rebuild. Small workshops
and dwellings are being built on the site,
The two-roomed houses, Nos. 43 to 54, Charlotte Street,
Old Street, and the houses Nos. 7 to 15, Mill's Court, adjoining,
were old, damp, and dilapidated structures throughout. The
owner, being required by notice to render these dwellings fit
for habitation, considered it more advantageous to pull them
down. A superior class of property is now being built on
their site.
The premises known as Barne's Yard, Edward Street,
Hoxton, including the houses Nos. 1, 2, and 3, which were so
foul and dilapidated as to be unfit for human habitation, and
the stables, which being unpaved and undrained, were injurious
to health, have been closed in accordance with the Vestry's
order (and since demolished).
The dilapidated two-roomed houses, 47 in number, belonging
to the "Earl of Wintcrton," and situated in the