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EBENEZER BUILDINGS.
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10—these cottages have been several
times dealt with under Sanitary notices, but the work was done
inefficiently by inferior workmen. The houses having therefore again
come under notice, the owner recognised it would be better to employ
capable workmen, in order that he might secure durable work, which
has been done.
The houses abut on a narrow public footpath, each house has a
narrow forecourt railed in with a low fence. The front walls were
all very damp, from the fact that the surface of the forecourt was
unpaved and below the level of the footpath. This has been altered;
the forecourts have been raised and paved with cement concrete, so
that rain water flows off on to the footpath, and in addition, solid
concrete sills, 18in. wide, have been provided in each doorway. The
back yards have been paved, and gullies provided for the reception of
household slops, water closets fitted up on "Shoreditch pattern," with
open space under seat, and water supply; one good public dust bin
provided in the front, which obviates the neglect of either dust contractor
or tenant in the removal of refuse. These alterations, added to solid
internal repairs, have removed damp from the walls, and greatly
improved the houses generally.
DOVE HOW.
Nos. 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, are old 4-roomed cottages;
they have been dealt with repeatedly under sanitary notices in recent
years, but owing to original bad construction, the original inferior
quality of all materials used in building, and the disinclination of
leaseholders with a constantly diminishing interest in the property, to
effect substantial repairs, it became evident that further efforts to
improve their condition would be useless. The Vestry, therefore,
ordered the houses should be closed as being unfit for human habitation ;
that has been done, and they remain closed at the present time.
GOLDSMITH SQUARE
(Commonly called Piges Island).
Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, were old 2-roomed cottages. The