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3.—That the evils connected with such houses, courts, or alleys, and the
sanitary defects of such area cannot be effectually remedied otherwise
than by an Improvement Scheme for the re-arrangement and re-construction
of the streets and houses with such area, or of some of such
streets or houses.
Dated this First day of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred.
This area is bounded on the south by Duncan Road, on the east
by Sheep Lane, on the north by a line at the rear of the buildings
forming this side of Duncan Square, and on the west by a line at the
back of the premises forming the eastern side of the Broadway.
The total number of premises concerned is 71.
The decision of the London County Council is not yet known.
Part II.
During the early part of 1900 my attention was drawn to the condition
of the houses in Tyssen Flace, Tyssen Passage, and Tyssen
Street, Dalston Lane. The total number of houses was 36. These
I found upon inspection to be in such a state as to be, in my opinion,
unfit for habitation. The conditions existing upon the premises from
which I formed this opinion were as follows :—
1.—The whole of the houses in a generally dilapidated and
dirty condition.
2.—The walls of ground-floor rooms damp.
3.—No through ventilation beneath the ground-floor.
4.—The exterior walls so defective as to allow the rain to
percolate to the interior.
I accordingly made a representation to the local authority on each
house to the above effect. These representations were considered by
the Public Health Committee, and it was resolved that legal proceedings
should be instituted for the closure of these houses.
This was done, and on the 11th of May the magistrates sitting on
that date at the North London Police Court made orders for their
closure.
Since that date the houses have been demolished to make room for
the erection of a factory.