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evils as exist in the Area cannot be remedied by the application of
the provisions of Part II. as to closing orders, and by the enforcement
by them of their powers to secure the necessary sanitary
appliances being kept in proper condition.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Town Clerk of Hampstead, Henry Cunyinghame.
Hampstead, N.W.
Both letters were referred by the Housing Committee to the Joint
Kilburn and Priory Wards Committee for consideration and report.
Part II.
King's College Meas East.
The condition of the houses in this Mews had been the subject of
several complaints, amongst others two from the Mansion House Council
on the Dwellings of the Poor, who described the Mews as being in a
terrible condition.
In February the Health Committee viewed these houses, and came
to the conclusion that the houses in the Mews generally were unfit for
habitation, and that closing orders should be proceeded for in the cases
of Nos. 11 and 23 in the first instance.
On March 31st, 1903, I represented under Section 30 all these
houses.
The usual notices were served in respect of Nos. 11 and 23, giving
the owner 21 days in which to render the premises habitable. On the
expiry of this period the time was extended, on the owner's application,
for a further term of 12 days. During this time no works beyond that
of a decorative character were carried out and consequently summonses
were taken out.
The Magistrate after some adjournments, during which considerable
works of a more or less structural nature were proceeded with, viewed
the premises and at a further hearing decided that the premises had
been rendered habitable and dismissed the summonses, but without costs.