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Buildings, Granby Gardens, Granby Place (part), Griffin
Street, Hamilton's Yard, Holmes' Terrace, Launcelot
Street (part), Little York Street, Pencutter Passage,
Robert's Court, Samuel Place, Sapphire Place, Shrub
Place and William Place ;
(b) Between Commercial Road and Gray Street : Aquinas
Street (part), Bond Place, Cage Place, Cornwall Mews,
Cornwall Place, Cottage Place, Doon Place, Doon Street
(part), Druce Place, Duke's Court, Elizabeth Place, Henry
Place., James's Place, Le Grand Place, Mitre Place, Morpeth
Place, Peers Cooperage, Perry Place, Prince's Mews,
Prince's Square, Providence Place, Salutation Place,
Sidwell Place, Windmill Court and Wootton Place (part).
The Private Owners who have assisted the Sanitary Authority in
its work in this way are as follows : —
(1) The Duchy of Cornwall, in connection with the Cornwall
Road, Stamford Street and Commercial Road Area —intersect-
ing courts and alleys that have been cleared and the site used for
the building of Government and other buildings, instead of
being used, be it noted, for the re-building of dwelling-houses for
the displaced tenants. From a financial or business point of
view, no doubt, the method adopted was the better policy, but
not from the point of view of the Housing Question in relation
to the particular district (Marsh Ward) concerned and the
tenants displaced.
N.B.—This difficulty of displacing tenants, as a consequence of
clearing areas, is a very serious one for a Sanitary Authority,
as it leads to crowding and overcrowding of neighbouring
houses and their subsequent deterioration sanitarily,
causing consequentially serious nuisances and
dangers to health.
(2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in connection with the
New Cut Estate, which is bounded by the New Cut, Short Street,
Ufford Street and Webber Street respectively. This area formerly
comprised hundreds of dirty, damp, dilapidated and
generally worn-out houses, which have now been demolished
and model three-storeyed tenement houses and two-storeyed
cottages erected in their places.