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The net cost of the Scheme will be £189,800. For this expenditure
an area of about 17/8 acres will be cleared ; 136 tenements of one
room, 192 of two rooms, and 21 of three or more rooms will be
destroyed. At the end of 1901, 12 out of the 50 houses included in
the Scheme were empty. No. 6a. Bishop's Court is excluded from
the Scheme by an Order permitting modification (March 4th, 1902).
The Scheme provides that accommodation shall be erected on this
area, in conjunction with the Union Buildings, Holborn, for 1,400
persons (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Section 11).
No street widenings are rendered necessary and none are provided
for. The estimated cost of carrying the scheme into effect is as
follows :—Gross cost of property £220,500 ; less receipts £30,700 ;
total net cost £189,800.
It may be desirable to quote the exact particulars referred to in
the foregoing scheme as regards reconstruction :
" The existing buildings upon the lands constituting the Improvement
Area shall be taken down and removed, and new dwellings upon the said
lands 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 new dwellings shall be constructed in such manner as to position,
elevation, size, design and extent of accomodation 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 Aylesbury Place, Clerkenwell Improvement Area, as defined by
Plan No. 31, there shall be provided accommodation for 200 persons, and
upon the Union Buildings, Holborn Improvement Area, as defined by the
said Plan No 31, there shall be provided accommodation for 1,200 persons,
making a total provision for 1,400 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 Areas as shall not be required for
the purpose of providing accommodation as aforesaid for 1,400 persons of
the working classes may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by the
County Council as they may think fit."
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B.— Garden Row, Roby Street, Baltic Street and Honduras
Street Scheme.
On 31st July, 1899, Dr. Yarrow, the Medical Officer of Health of
St. Luke's, made an official representation with respect to ten areas