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The certificate was refused, as there is only one W.C. for three
lettings, and the premises were not clean.
Delamere Dwellings, 1 to 21, Collingwood Street. 21 tenements.
At the time of my visit these dwellings were dirty and untidy, the
windows broken, the closets foul, and the yards filthy. I was much
surprised at an application to certify premises in such a condition of
disrepair. A report was made to the Public Health Committee, by
whose directions notices to abate the nuisances were served; the
premises were repaired and cleansed under notice, but I regret to say
the improvement has not been maintained, and I have declined to
grant a certificate.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890.
No houses have been certified under Part 11. of the Act, and such
closing orders as were necessary have been obtained under the provisions
of the Public Health (London) Act, 1895. The unhealthy
area in rear of Green Street and Globe Road, referred to in my report
for 1891, was reinspected, and a fresh set of statistics prepared
and brought up to date. A report, of which the following is a copy,
was forwarded to the London County Council on September 20th.
Town Hall, Church Row, Bethnal Green
September 20th, 1902
Sir,
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890
I have examined the whole of the houses in the following streets, namely,
Digby Street, Digby Walk, and Lansdell Place, and Nos. 45 and 47, Bonwell
Street, all in the Borough of Bethnal Green, and shewn on the map herewith.
I am of opinion that the houses included in this area are unfit for human
habitation by reason of the narrowness and bad arrangements of the streets
and faulty construction of many of the houses situated therein. The continued
habitation of these houses is dangerous to the health of the inhabitants of the
said area, and also of the neighbouring buildings.
Lansdell Place and Digby Walk are so narrow and crooked that nothing
short of entire reconstruction and rearrangement will remedy their present
insanitary condition.