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Area A.—An area near Sermon Lane containing 12 houses and
a population of 53. Closure and demolition was commenced and
completed during 1902.
Area B consisted of two small courts, Caroline Place and Kemp
Place, Baker's Row, containing 8 houses and a population of 39.
Capable of improvement if extensive alterations made. Necessary
alterations completed in 1903.
Area C was Providence Place, a blind court on the east side of
Baker's Row, Farringdon Road (10 houses, population 52). Closed
and demolished in 1903; 52 persons displaced, of whom 29 found
accommodation in vicinity.
Area D was Easton Place, which opens to the south-west end of
Easton Street (9 houses, population 70). Owner selected to alter
and repair, and the work was completed in 1903.
Area E was that of Collier Place, Pentonville, N. I inspected
this area and examined every house in 1901, and I then laid before
the owners the facts as to its insanitary condition. Collier Place
itself consisted of a court, entered from Collier Street by an archway.
The court contained 12 cottages of two rooms each. They
were all worn-out, defective, dilapidated houses, some being backto-back.
The drainage was defective. The occupants of the Place
numbered 33 adults and 15 children ; total, 48.
There were also eight houses in Collier Street, in front of
Collier Place, which were found to be insanitary and unfit for
habitation. There were 27 adults and 9 children living in these
houses; total, 36.
Upon these facts the owners ultimately decided to close and
demolish rather than attempt repair. After much delay, some of
which was unavoidable, all these 20 houses were closed and
demolished in 1904. The number of persons displaced was 84.
In 1905 commodious factory premises were built on the site of
demolished houses.
Area F consisted of 11 cottages in Sermon Lane. These
houses formed two sides of a small court on the south side of
Sermon Lane. The property was all closed and demolished in 1904.
The number of people displaced was 39 adults and 12 children,
total 51. Accommodation was found for most of these persons in the.
vicinity.