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of sanitary works have been carried out, and the areas have
necessitated constant supervision and extra inspection during the
last three years.
(vi). Closure and Demolition—Subsequently to the carrying
out of the requirements of the law under Part I. of the Housing
of the Working Classes Act, 1890, the London County Council
is occupied in executing the Scheme. The three steps are (a)
acquisition of property, (b) closure of houses, (c) demolition of
houses, and the following Table sets out the history of these
proceedings:—
1901.
1902.
1903.
Areas.
No. of Condemned
Houses occupied at
end of 1900.
Houses
acquired.
Houses
closed.
Houses*
demolished.
Houses
acquired.
Houses
closed.
Houses
demolished.
Houses
acquired.
Houses
closed.
Houses
demolished.
Aylesbury Place 61 ... 3 ... 16 2 ... 5 16
Garden How 69 11 ... 35 17 ... 33 23
Roby Street 37 ... ... ... 34 30 ... 3 7 37
Baltic Street 52 1 ... ... 14 13 ... 33 16
Honduras Street 16 ... ... ... 3 ... ... 10 1
Total 235 2 4 ... 102 62 ... 84 63 37
Rebuilding. —Roby Street is the only area upon which
demolition has been carried out. At the end of 1902 seven
houses were still occupied. By May, 1903, five of them had
been closed, and subsequently the remaining two were closed and
the area entirely cleared. The County Council, for some time,
had had building plans ready, and the tenders for these buildings
(to be called the Wenlake Buildings) on the Roby Street area
* Demolition refers only to houses demolished under the Act by the
County Council. It does not include "ruins."