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Repairs of
Roads by
Public
Companies.
10
The Vestry have again had considerable difficulty in getting
the Gas and Water Companies to properly reinstate the roads
after they have made openings.
On the present occasion they have to say that the Commercial
Gas Company has been the greatest offender, but the Vestry
hope that ultimately the Companies will see that it is to their
own interest to at once thoroughly restore the road as required,
rather than have continually to keep making good defects.
Walls at
ends of
streets
loading to
Regent's
Canal..
From time to time numerous complaints have been made to
the Vestry of the insecure nature of the fences between the ends
of some of the streets bordering on the Regent's Canal, and the
canal itself, and the consequent frequent immersions of children
and deaths from drowning.
The Vestry, after careful consideration of the facts,
thought it was within their 'province to act, and accordingly
resolved to build walls across the ends of two of the streets, and
the Vestry have every reason to believe that the Canal Company
will contribute towards the cost of so doing.
Artizans
and Laborers'Dwel
lings Act.
The Vestry has again had to put in force the Artizans and
Labourers' Dwellings Act, 1868, in the following cases:—
Nos. r to 6, Weybridge Place;
,, 1 to 9, Upper York Place ;
,, 100 and 102, Harford Street;
„ 1 to 24, Pedley's Orchard;
,, 1 to 3, on the right-hand side of court
leading to Pedley's Orchard.
Upon enquiry it seems that most of the persons taking the
rack rents have but very short terms to run.
In the first-mentioned cases it has been arranged that the
property shall be pulled down, whilst in the others the tenants
will be removed, and the houses shut up, or works will be
executed which will prevent the places from being dangerous to
the health of the inhabitants although not altogether what could
be wished.
The houses, as may be judged, are inhabited by a class of
persons who can pay but little rent, and if they were turned
out would, in many instances, be homeless. The Vestry
feel, however, that they have a duty to perform, and must not
allow places to exist which may become a centre for infectious
diseases, and they hope that they will succeed by the manner in
which they act.