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This was acknowledged, and followed by a demand for a formal
certificate in the terms of the Housing Act, together with a map indicating
in a single color the exact boundaries of the area certified;
the following certificate, together with a fresh map, was forwarded as
requested.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890
To the London County Council,
I, George Paddock Bate, of 365, Bethnal Green Road, N.E., in the County
of London, Medical Officer of Health to the Borough of Bethnal Green in the
said County, do hereby with reference to a certain area within the said
Borough, which is delineated and coloured red on the plan hereunto annexed
and signed by me, make an official representation within the meaning of the
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, to the effect following, that is
to say—
1. That many of the houses within the said area are unfit for human
habitation ;
2. That the narrowness, closeness, and bad arrangement of the streets
and houses within such area, and the want of light, air, and
ventilation, are dangerous and injurious to the health of the
inhabitants of the buildings in the said area and of the neighbouring
buildings;
3. That the evils connected with such houses, and the sanitary defects
in such area, cannot be effectually remedied otherwise than by
an improvement scheme for the rearrangement and reconstruction
of the streets and houses within such area.
Dated this 20th day of September, one thousand nine hundred and two
(Signed),
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE,
Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green.
SEWERS AND DRAINS.
A glance at the map herewith will give some idea of the enormous
amount of good work accomplished either by or at the
instance of the Public Health Department. New houses and buildings
are shown coloured green, house drains newly laid by the
owners are shown in blue, and those by the men in the employment
of the Council, red ; all drains serving premises coloured green, red
and blue have been subjected to a rigorous hydraulic test under the
supervision of the Inspectors, and have not been passed until found
to be absolutely watertight. The drains in the premises coloured.