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areas of some of the unoccupied houses deposits
and accumulations of refuse are found from time to
time;
3. Aquinas Street.—The whole of the houses on the
north-west side have been demolished, and the
Duchy are erecting blocks of flats upon the cleared
site, whilst on the south-east side, some of the
houses are unoccupied, and are in a dilapidated condition,
owing to wilful damage done by unknown
persons;
4. Doon Street—Some of the houses have been
verted into flats, but others are dirty and dilapidated
;
5. Courts—In Bond' Place there are 12 houses at present
unoccupied, and these are in a dilapidated and dirty
condition; the houses in Cage Place and Milan
Place are rapidly becoming vacant; in Cornwall
Place 6 houses are unoccupied and in a dilapidated
and deplorable condition; whilst, in connection with
Peer's Cooperage and Elizabeth Place, all the
houses have been vacated and closed, and the entrances
to the Courts boarded up.
It was thought advisable for all the houses, as they became
vacant, to be closed forthwith and boarded up, together
with the entrances to Courts, when the houses comprising
such Courts have been closed, and a letter was sent to that
effect to the Duchy of Cornwall, drawing attention to the
state of dilapidation, etc., into which certain of the houses
within the area were falling, and suggesting that the Duchy
should take steps forthwith to close such houses and board
them up, and also to board up the entrances to Courts,
of which the houses had been closed, in the same way as
had already been done in connection with Peer's Cooperage
and Elizabeth Place.