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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
plan marked 27 and annexed to the scheme, was
substituted the said plan marked 27c; and for the
schedule there shall be substituted the following —
"Schedule.
"The existing buildings upon the lands constituting the improvement
area shall betaken down and removed, and new dwellings
upon the said lands and upon the part of the site of the Millbatik
Penitentiary hereinafter mentioned shall be erected as may be
determined from time to time in that behalf by the Council with
the approval of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State. The displacement of persons of the working class under
this scheme shall proceed by degrees, and no such persons shall
be displaced without such approval as aforesaid.
"The new dwellings shall be constructed in such manner as to
position, elevation, size, design and extent of accommodation as
the Council with such approval as aforesaid shall prescribe or
approve, and to their satisfaction, so as to afford in the aggregate
suitable accommodation for persons of the working classes in the
proportions following, that is to say, upon the improvement area,
as defined by plan No. 27c, there shall be provided accommodation
for 750 persons; and in the dwellings on part of the site of the
Millbank Penitentiary, as defined by the plan marked 27b, and
thereon edged with a red line, there shall be provided accommodation
for 1,500 persons, making a total provision for 2,250 persons.
"Such dwellings shall be furnished with such water-closets,
sinks, water supply, and other proper sanitary arrangements as
the Council shall prescribe, and to their satisfaction.
"Such of the lands constituting the improvement area as shall
not be required for the purpose of providing accommodation as
aforesaid for 750 persons of the working class, may be sold, leased,
or otherwise disposed of by the Council as they may think fit.
"Street Widening.
"Drury Lane shall be widened to 40 feet by setting back the
whole of the frontage on the east side, between Blackmoor street
and Kemble Street, and Blackmoor Street shall be widened to 40
feet by setting back the whole of the frontage on the north side