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This site would be most economically developed by enlarging Abbey Lane
to a 40 feet roadway, joining Belsize Road and West End Lane, and by setting
back Providence Place 32 feet from the centre of that thoroughfare and 64 feet
on the West End Lane front.
The land available would be most advantageously used by three blocks of
tenements, each block to contain 24 tenements, making a total of 72, with an
aggregate of 388 rooms. This would be 32 to the acre. It could be thus made
to house a larger number of people than are now living upon it.
I submit a plan to illustrate the suggestions made.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant.
FRANK E. SCRASE,
Medical Officer of Health.
In view of the prohibitive price of the land the Committee felt that
it was not practicable to deal with the Art a by means of a Scheme, but
referred it to the Medical Officer of Health to deal with the various
premises individually.
The Ministry of Health, however, expressed the view that the Area
should be dealt with and the matter is now under consideration. (Reference
is made to this on page 91).
Numbers 5, 6 and 7 Kilburn Vale, were "represented" in March
1919, and the Closing Orders in respect of these premises which had been
appealed against, were duly confirmed by the Ministry.
Silver Street Area.
Certain premises which were "represented" in 1903 under Part 2
of the Act of 1890, and which we were described as the Silver Street
Area, came under review again in connection with the Town Ward
Scheme—to which reference is made later.
The premises in Silver Street were included in premises comprising
the Town Ward Areas, the official representation of which, by the Medical
Officer of Health, was considered by the London County Council early in
the year, who resolved that they were not prepared to undertake a
scheme for the improvement of the areas under Part I of the Housing
of the Working Classes Act, 1890, as in their opiuion the size and
condition of the areas were not such as to be considered as being of
general importance to the County, the areas being able to be dealt with
in a more satisfactory manner than by means of a scheme under Part I
of the Act.