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Middle Row, and also for its extension to that width where the
Honduras Street Area abuts upon it.
The only difference between the limits of the areas included in
the scheme and those represented occurs in the case of Roby Street
Area. In this case the representation included the site of four
houses in Mitchell Street, which at the date of the representation
was vacant land, but upon which buiding operations had been
subsequently commenced. This property was therefore omitted.
As, however, some access either from Mitchell Street or Helmet
Row was desirable for the development of the area when cleared,
two of the houses in Helmet Row were included for that purpose
as neighbouring lands.
The estimated cost of the scheme is as follows :—
£
Gross Cost of Property 172,000
Cost of Works 3,750
175,750
Less Receipts 30,900
Total Net Cost 144,850
The scheme was duly advertised in November, 1899 and the
necessary petition was forwarded to the Secretary of State, in
January, 1900. The local enquiry was held by Mr. H. T. Steward,
the Commissioner of the Secretary of State, on March 29 and 30,
1900. Dr. Yarrow gave evidence.
E.—VARIOUS SMALLER PROPERTIES, 1869-1899.
In addition to the areas already discussed and which have
formed the chief Housing Schemes undertaken in Clerkenwell and
St. Luke during the last half-century, there have also been a large
number of smaller properties taken in hand and dealt with in
various ways. It will be convenient to mention here the more
important cases coming under this category.