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40, 44, 46, 48, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57), Mount Gardens (Hercules
Road), Norfolk Place, Paved Court, Philadelphia
Terrace, Strewan Place, Thrift Place, Tinman Court
(Lollard Street) and Trowes Place.
Vauxhall—Albert Cottages (Seaham Street), Albert Mews
(Albert Square), Pascal Street (7, 9, 11) and Seaham
Street (3, 5, 7, 9, 11).
Naturally, in the case of the Outer Wards of the Borough,
closure and subsequent demolition have had to be carried out in but
few instances, comparatively, as follows :—
Outer Wards :
Stockwell—Acre Lane (176 to 188, inclusive).
Brixton—Bloxham's Buildings (Denmark Hill), Lilford
Road (35 to 57, odd numbers), Providence Place
(Vassall Road), Redan Terrace (2 to 16, inclusive) and
Russell Cottages (Russell Street).
Heme Hill—Nil.
Tulse Hill —Gilham's Cottages (New Park Road).
Norwood —Eden Cottages (St. Gothard's Road).
Intimately related to this rendering (and keeping) of dwellinghouses
reasonably fit in all respects for human habitation, the policy
of the Borough Council of asphalt-paving the side roads and streets
(chiefly, at present, within the Inner Wards) is noteworthy and
deserving of praise. These new asphalt-paved side roads and
streets take the place of the old, more or less worn out and defective
macadamised roads and streets, and the beneficial effects, sanitarily,
of the former are specially evident to anyone who will traverse the
districts abutting upon (a) the New Cut, (b) Oakley Street and the
Lower Marsh, or (c) Lambeth and Vauxhall Walks. Marsh,
Bishop's and Prince's Wards are well-provided in this respect, but
not so (as yet) Vauxhall Ward, whose side roads and streets equally
require the Council's attention in the same way. The result of this
asphalt-paving in the Inner Wards is that what used to be a common
sight is no longer to be seen, viz., children without shoes and stockings
(or with apologies for such 1 ! sailing paper boats and sticks of
used matches in collections of stagnant water (often green in colour),
which were to be found in the defective macadamised streets
and roads. As Medical Officer of Health, I have no hesitation in
giving credit to the Council for carrying out in this way what I