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drowned herself in the River Thames, as did also a
cabinet maker, aged 30. A police constable, aged 31,
and a naval pensioner, aged 42, each cut their throats.
A wood turner, aged 42, threw himself from a roof,
another man, aged 45, threw himself out of a window,
and a third man went to Southend and threw himself
under a tram-car. The following persons took
poison:—Oxalic Acid—a chair maker, aged 30, and the
wife of a fish curer, aged 41 Spirits of Salt—a dairyman,
aged 39, and the wife of a general dealer, aged 47.
Caustic Soda—a bottle washer, aged 15, took this very
unpleasant substance.
HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, Etc., ACT, 1909.
Digby Street Area.
This was represented as an unhealthy area in the
year 1902. As the size of this area was, in the opinion
of the London County Council, insufficient for a
satisfactory re-housing scheme under Part I. of the Act of
1890, it was not proceeded with* but an offer was made
on the part of the Council, that if the Borough Council
undertook to clear the site under Part II. of the Act, a
portion of the expense would be contributed out of
Public funds, but no action in this direction has been
takeu beyond the preparation of plans and estimates
by the Borough Surveyor.
The coming into operation of the new Town
Planning Act of 1909 seemed to offer a favourable
*The area was said to be so limited that a 40-ft. street, driven through
the middle of it, would leave no space upon which to erect dwellings
for the displaced inhabitants.