construction more expensive, with the result that the old property pays a higher rate on the investment then new buildings could be made to do. The result is that the tearing down of old buildings is delayed, and, since there are no requirements as to the minor alterations or repairs, the condition in which they are maintained depends upon the interest and disposition of the landlord. In some cases the old wooden property has been left standing on the front of the lot and a new brick tenement has been built on the rear. While tenement-house inspection was not organized, the board of health inspected for sanitary conditions upon complaint. It might order the premises cleaned or water-closets and cesspools cleaned and repaired, or it might order water-closets installed. As before stated, the law requires that all houses within 100 feet of a public sewer be connected, and that a water-closet for every 15 persons be maintained. The board of health also inspected plumbing fixtures when they were installed, to see that they conformed to the plumbing regulations. In 1913, the board stated in its report, 1,002 tenements, 95 vaults and privies, and 50 cesspools were inspected. It reported 21 tenements cleaned, 492 water-closets cleaned or repaired, 21 cesspools and 35 "filthy hallways and roofs" ordered cleaned, and 15 vaults and privies ordered cleaned or repaired. In addition, inspections were made of yards and alleys, cellars, outbuildings, and barns. The building code provides that for new houses no room shall be built without windows opening either upon a court, yard, or the street, and that not more than 70 per cent of an inside lot or 90 per cent of a corner lot shall be occupied. Every apartment must have a water-closet with adequate means of ventilation. Also the window and floor area is prescribed for each room. Inner courts must be 12 feet in width and outer courts 8 feet for buildings three stories in height. This width must be increased with the increase in the height of the building over three stories, or may be decreased with each story less than three. But a court whose outer side is on the lot line need measure only 4 feet in width for a building three stories in height. Furthermore, the code does not forbid the erection of rear houses nor further encroachments upon the lot by other buildings, on the back or the front, so that the total percentage of the lot which can be occupied may be considerably in excess of 70. The housing situation in Manchester may be briefly summarized: The city covers a broad area and a large proportion of the population lives in the open parts of the city. Near the center, however, in the areas verging on the business and mill sections, housing conditions were seriously bad. Lot congestion, dilapidated wooden tenements, rear and alley houses, and dark, insanitary dwellings prevailed. Tenementhouse inspection was not systematic but was made upon complaint and was chiefly for nuisances. 37. Usual home duties: Servant, no servant, occasional help.. (c) Resumed part of duties.....after. (d) All.. Name. Address.. MOTHER. Name..... FATHER. Address.. |