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at, and known as Nos. 21, 22, 23 and 24, Priory Place, Well
Street, within your district, also on 10th November last, N03.
14 and 15, Priory Place, Well Street, and of which Mrs.
Taylor, 41, Queen's Road, Walthamstow, is the owner.
I found such dwelling houses to be in a state, which, in my
opinion, is so dangerous and injurious to health, that the said
houses are unfit for human habitation.
State of Dwelling Houses.
1. The walls are damp, the floors are below the ground
level, and there is no through ventilation beneath the
same.
2. There is insufficient through ventilation.
3. The water supply is insufficient, and the houses are
generally decayed and dilapidated.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
J. KING WARRY M.D., etc.,
Medical Officer of Health.
The Committee ordered notices to be served upon the owner to
make the premises fit for habitation, and in default of so doing, that
proceedings be taken against the owner to prohibit the use of the
premises for human occupation. As it was really impossible to put
these cottages in suitable condition without re-building, the owner
preferred to close the same. Five of the six cottages are now closed,
and the tenant of the sixth cottnge is under notice to quit.
ICE-CREAM VENDORS.
During 1903 a register was made of the ice-cream vendors in the
district. As a result of enquiries we find there are 83 sellers of this
article, 73 of them selling ice-creams in connection with pastry and
sweets, and 10 only being barrow vendors. Besides these we found