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which is usually a bedroom and opens into the dining room ; leading 
from this is a passage along which are a couple of bedrooms over¬ 
looking a little yard ; a dark kitchen is at the end of the passage, and 
immediately adjacent to the kitchen, the latrine and shower bath. 
The inner rooms receive air and light only from the outer ones, while 
the sleeping quarters along the passage are lighted and ventilated 
from the yard. 
Such cramped, ill-lighted and badly ventilated houses are usually 
occupied by five to eight persons. The air space is quite inaih cj 
and even the houses of the wealthy citizens are so packed together 
and planned as to prevent through ventilation. 
The residents appear to have only one object in view, to live as 
near to the business section as possible, despite the exorbitant price 
of land and high rentals. Very few villas exist, and even these are 
largely constructed on the same lines as the smaller dwellings, dark 
inner rooms being universal. Bungalows with broad verandahs, and 
with rooms so adapted that a current of air can continually circulate, 
are regrettably rare. Owing to lack of space these can only be 
erected at some distance from the business quarter, but the tram 
service is so good that there is no reason why such residences should 
not be built. 
are oftp SUCh “ Portu g uese and Italian labourers, 
o the eh T" 7 d THey tend to midst 
to be found 1 overcrowdln g ^ very common. On some streets are 
tL to twent a °T 1 barraCkS SUbd ' Vided SO as accommodate 
extremely bad'. threeTd fom ^ople^vinji"^^ ° VCrCr ° Wding “ 
places consist of a latrine u- u • sanitai y conveniences in such 
tenants, but this is not always 17 ^ 1 ° * ^ * *" ** 
laid with ill-fitting stone flags, the rest of ,, “ the ^ is 
unpaved and littered with uncovered h ! narr ° W ^ bemg 
Of urine and smell of human excrement is T * Water ' THe ° d ° Ur 
Sometimes these places are seated "d " ^ 
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an area can 
