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HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890, PART II:
1 to 13, Saxony-cottages, Mare-street.
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
29th September, 1904.
To the Members of the Public Health Committee, Hackney
Borough Council.
Gentlemen,—
I beg to report to you in pursuance of Section 32 of the Housing
of the Working Classes Act, 1890, that onfthe 30th day of August
last, I inspected the Dwelling Houses situate at and known as
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 and 13, Saxony Cottages, Mare Street
within yuor district, and of which Mr. Willie Day, of Corporation
Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, is the owner.
I found such dwelling houses to be in the state hereinafter set
forth, which in my opinion, are so dangerous or injurious to
health, that the said houses are unfit for human habitation.
State of Dwelling Houses.
The walls are damp; the drains are defective; there is no
through ventilation beneath the ground floor, and the whole
of these houses are very decayed and dilapidated.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
J. KING WARRY, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health;
The Committee considered the representations and ordered proceedings
to be initiated for closing the dwellings as unfit for inhabitation. The
owner closed the dwellings voluntarily, and had Nos. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12,