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Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, Part II.—Nos. 12, 16 and 17,
Priory-place.
To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee:
January, 21st, 1904.
Gentlemen,
I beg to report to you, in pursuance of Section 32 of the Housing
of the Working Classes Act, 1890, that on the 23rd day of December,
1903, I inspected the dwelling houses situate at, and known as Nos. 12,
16 and 17 Priory-place, Well-street, within your district, and of
which Mrs. Taylor, of No. 41, Queen's-road, Walthamstow, is the
owner.
I found such dwelling-houses to be in the state hereinafter set forth,
which in my opinion is so dangerous or injurious to health, that the
said houses are unfit for human habitation:
State of Dwelling House.
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 house are generally
decayed and dilapidated.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
J. KING WARRY, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health.
The Public Health Committee immediately considered the report
and resolved that proceedings should forthwith be taken to close these
dwellings. The owner on receiving notices immediately closed the
houses; and a few months later they were demolished. In the