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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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With a view to making the list as complete as possible, it includes not only the
interests of which conveyances and assignments have been obtained since the date of
the last report, but that of Mr. Kipling concluded before that date.
The following is a list of the interests above referred to
MURRAY STREET AND CUSTANCE STREET IMPROVEMENT.
| Property Acquired. | Vendor's Name. | Purchase Money | Costs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Situation. | Interest of. | ||||||
| (1) 16, Murray Street | Freeholder | Ecclesiastical Commissioners | £ | £ | s. | d. | |
| 120 | Solicitor's | 25 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Surveyor's | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| (2) Do. | Chief Leaseholders | Bull's Trustees | 82 | Solicitor's | 36 | 15 | 0 |
| Surveyor's | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| (3) Do. | Sub-Leaseholder | R. G Kipling | 460 | Solicitor's | 15 | 0 | |
| (3a) Do. | Occupier | James | 5 | Nil. | |||
| (4) 74, Custance Street | Chief Leaseholder | Walter Hall | 50 | Solicitor's | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| Surveyor's | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| (5) Do. | Sub-Leaseholder | John Davies | 50 | Solicitor's | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Surveyor's | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| (6) Do. | Occupier (trade) | J. Dalloway | Nil | Nil. | |||
| N.B.—The Freeholder is unknown, and is supposed to have abandoned his interest. | |||||||
| (7) 79, Custance Street | Sub-Leaseholder | R. Maskall | 60 | Solicitor's | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Surveyor's | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| (8) Do. | Occupier (trade) | J. Giddens | 10 | Nil. | |||
| (9) Do. | Note.—The Chief Leaseholders are said to be Messrs. J. T. and R. W. Leage, who have not hitherto furnished proper particulars of their claim. | ||||||
| (10) Do. | The Freeholder is not known to the Vestry, but Messrs. Leage have been asked to furnish the information. | ||||||
| (11) Princess Alice Passage (part) | The portion required for new Road has been arranged for on the Vestry executing the necessary fencing work. | ||||||
The above figures will not only shew approximately the cost of the improvement,
but will indicate the number of interests which are frequently involved in
improvements affecting only a small area, while the expenses are usually as great
when a small portion of a property is acquired, as they would be on purchase of the
entirety.
The new roadway was declared open to the public on April 21st, 1898, by the
Chairman of the Committee.
An important feature of the improvement is that it renders unnecessary the alley
nown as Princess Alice Passage, frequent complaints of which as a public nuisance