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RECORD OF THE WORKS CARRIED OUT
IN FINSBURY UNDER THE VARIOUS
HOUSING ACTS, 1855-1901.
It will be convenient now to consider in some detail the various
schemes represented and carried out under the Housing Acts since
1855 in what is now the Borough of Finsbury. It should be understood
that the following record does not include reference to any
action taken by private persons or by private companies or parties.
It refers only to transactions directly under the Local Authorities
of Clerkenwell and St. Luke. Nor does it include the action taken
by those Authorities in respect to houses let in lodgings, or other
sanitary matters concerning houses coming within the meaning of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. These matters will be
dealt with further 011 in the present Report.
A.—PEAR TREE COURT, CLERKENWELL,
SCHEME.
1. The first Official Representation as to the area in Clerkenwell
known as the Pear Tree Court area was made on 10th November,
1875, by Dr. J. W. Griffith, the Medical Officer of Clerkenwell.
This representation referred to houses in Baynes Court, Caroline
Place, Kemp Place, Nos. 12 to 16, Jerusalem Court, Yates Rents,
Nos. 8 to 15, Albert Place, Slade's Place, Spencer Place, Prince's
Buildings, Paved Place, Nos. 2 and 3, Steward's Place, and Taylor's
Court. Union Place, Lamb Court, Lamb Square, Bitt Alley,
Frying-Pan Alley, Rose Alley, and Ledbury Place were also included
in the representation, but these were acquired and demolished in
connection with the formation of a new thoroughfare from Oxford
Street to Old Street, now known as Clerkenwell Road and
Theobald's Road. On 27th October, 1876, the Metropolitan Board
of Works decided that a scheme should be prepared under the