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Were paved, water was la1d on to water closets, and dust bins prov1ded,
but it was recognised then that the whole fabric of the houses was so much
decayed, that in a few years they would of necessity be removed. Since
then the houses have reverted to the Freeholders and a short period of
neglect by the Freeholder, and the destructiveness of some of the tenants
showed that they could no longer be continued as habitations
The points above referred to, were pressed upon the attention of the
Freeholder and within a month of the Committee's instructions, the ruinous
old houses were demolished and carted away; and the ground is now to let
upon building leases.
Referring to the new buildings to be erected, I ventured to urge on the
cons1deration of the Freeholder's Surveyor, that large rooms are necessary
for poor people with families to move, and to breathe in, and that they are
kept cleaner, and are not so liable to damage as small ones, and that the
site of the ten houses was really only adapted for six houses.
LEONARDS YARD, WILMER GARDENS.
In this place there are many stables and workshops, all of recent construction.
The surface of the roadway was unpaved, the loose gravel la1d
down when the premises were opened was in a very filthy state, and could
not possibly be kept clean. Notice was therefore served on the owner, requiring
him to properly pave and drain the roadway, this has been done; the
whole surface measuring 313 square yards, has been covered with cement
concrete, la1d with proper slopes to one gulley and the drain rectified.
Acting on my suggestion the owner has also prov1ded one of the dung
receptacles designed by myself to mitigate the nuisance arising from the
retention of dung in the pits in common use.
It may be of interest to the public in connection with this case, to point
out the advantages of the one receptacle, and the disadvantages of the other.
DUNG RECEPTACLES.
In cons1deration of the want of proper provision for the retention of
horse dung and stable litter; even for a short time, and the nusiance and
annoyance to the ratepayers arising therefrom, as to which frequent com
plaints have been received. I have designed a new, and a Sanitary dung
receptacle, the advantage of which will be better understood from the
following description of the ordinary manner in which dung is accumulated
in stables, and stable yards and its effects.