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of improved construction, and provided a constant supply
of water to the inhabitants by a draw-off tap, in each yard,
direct from the main.
BROWN'S BUILDINGS, CLIFTON STREET, 8 houses.—The
open court surrounded by these houses was unpaved,
defectively drained., and consequently very foul. The back
yards were very defectively paved and drained. The
broken stones, bricks, &c., forming the so-called pavement,
laid embedded in black liquid filth. These small foul
yards contained the dust accumulations (there were no
dust-bins, public or private), and the water closets, which
had no water laid on, were filthy and dilapidated in the
extreme. The houses were generally dirty and dilapidated,
and the drains a conglomeration of bricks and pipes laid in
the most random manner, added to which it was found that
under the eight water closets, there were four very large
cesspools full of fœcal matter. The whole of these evil
conditions have been removed, the cesspools were emptied
and filled up with lime rubbish, new glazed pipe drains
laid down. The yards decently paved with cement concrete,
and fitted with receptacles for slops. The water
closets thoroughly cleansed and repaired, cement floors
provided, and water laid on; the houses cleansed and
repaired. The public court paved all over in a proper
manner, and one public dust-bin of improved construction
provided. The atmosphere of these dwellings has been
much improved by these works.
HOUSES UNFIT FOR HABITATION.—Nos. 9, 10 and 11,
Moira Place. These houses being dirty, dilapidated,
damp, and unfit for habitation. Notice was served by
order of the Committee requiring the houses to be closed,
which was done.
Nos. 3 to 11, Wright's Buildings.—Sanitary notice
was served requiring the owner to close these houses,