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6. Foundry Place area, 0-7 acres in extent, including Foundry Place, Foundry
Row, Foundry Walk, Royal Oak Place and Royal Oak Walk, the number of houses
being 68 with an estimated population of 330 persons.
No improvement scheme has as yet been made by the London County Council
respecting areas Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, referred to above.
In 1929 the following area, population 506, was represented under Part II
of the Housing Act, 1925:—
Drysdale Street, even numbers 4 to 24 inclusive.
Drysdale Place, Nos. 1 to 32 inclusive.
Sarah Street, Nos. 1 to 26 inclusive, including Nos. 14a and 26a.
Eliza Place, Nos. 1 to 12 inclusive.
Crooked Billet Yard, Nos. 1 to 8 inclusive.
Windsor Place, Nos. 4 and 8 to 25, inclusive.
Basing House Yard, Nos. 1 to 5 inclusive.
At their meeting in November, 1929, the Council directed a reconstruction
scheme to be prepared for the improvement of this area under Sec. 37 of the Housing
Act, 1925.
It will be noted that this area is in the main the same as that represented in
1919 (No. 3 above).
At their meeting in October, 1930, it was resolved by the Council that the
representation made by the Medical Officer of Health under Part II of the Housing
Act, 1925, with respect to the Drysdale Street area, be referred to the L.C.C. with
a view to such area being dealt with as an improvement area under the Housing
Act, 1930.
VI.—Houses Let in Lodgings.
The houses on the register numbered 402, and the number of inspections made
was 799. The general remarks regarding old and ill-adapted houses in the Borough
apply with special force to the houses on this register. The Byelaws are adequate,
and are reasonably complied with, the difficulties met with being due to the general
housing situation.
VII.—General.
Consideration of the housing conditions in Shoreditch, of which the foregoing
report gives a brief summary, forces a few conclusions upon the mind.
Firstly.—The great need of this district, which is a cockpit in which conflicting
interests fight continually for building sites, is some form of authoritative zoning
arrangement which will allocate certain areas for industrial development, and others
for housing schemes.