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AREAS WHICH ARE BEING, OR MAY HAVE TO BE, DEALT
WITH AS UNHEALTHY UNDER PART I. or PART II. OF
THE ACT OF 1890.
There is no area at present being dealt with as an unhealthy
area under the Act of 1890, but there are groups of houses varying
in number from 5 to 17 which will have to be dealt with in the
near future and as soon as circumstances permit.

Making in all 61 dwellings with 267 occupants.
These are old and unsatisfactory in some sanitary respects. It
cannot be said that their closure and demolition is urgent. They are
kept under frequent inspection and in most of them we have imposed
restricting conditions as to occupancy. Certainly these premises in
all the circumstances may be continued in occupation for another
year or two.
As to the action contemplated by the Local Authority with
regard to Houses which are seriously defective but can be made habitable
:
These houses will be kept under frequent inspection and every
effort made to see that they are maintained as satisfactorily as
possible, and the conditions of occupancy (qua number of tenants)
will be laid down in respect to many of them. It is thought that
it may thus be possible to continue the occupation of these houses
for another year or two, by which time it is hoped that the most
urgent need of housing in London, namely, the provision of more
houses, will have been met. It will then be easier to undertake
demolition (which involves dehousing).
For the erection of new dwellings the possible sites are very
limited both in number and dimensions. Indeed the Borough has