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in section 15 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909).
Where such " unfit " houses are in the form of courts and alleys
and cul-de-sacs, they should be done away with, especially where
the sanitary conveniences provided are used in common and, in
addition, are unsuitably placed.
All courts and alleys and cul-de-sacs, simply as such, cannot be
officially condemned and closed, and afterwards demolished, under
existing legal powers, though they might be removed voluntarily as
local improvement schemes, either by the owners or by the Borough
Council, or by both by arrangement. For instance, the following
are some cases which, in my opinion, show the limitations of the
official powers of Medical Officers of Health and Sanitary Authorities,
though voluntary local improvement schemes in connection therewith
readily suggest themselves
(a) Inner Wards—Abbey Place, Ado Place, Anderson's Walk,
Asylum Cottages, China Square, China Walk, Cotford
Place, Colwyn Place, Cricketer's Court, Crow Place,
Fountain Gardens, Globe Court, Horrend's Cottages,
Karl Place, Lilac Place, Little Park Place, Manning's
Place, Milton Place, Neptune Cottages, Norfolk Row,
North Court, Over Place, Park Place, Pearson's Place,
Pennell Place, Pheasant Cottages, Portland Cottages,
Prince's Buildings (York Road), Providence Place,
Robert's Court, Stone's Buildings, Spring Gardens,
St. Alban's Buildings (part), St. Andrew's Place (Ethelm
Street), St. Mary's Buildings, South Place, Stamford
Buildings, Tiflis Cottages, Victoria Place (Broadwall),
Waxwell Terrace, Wilder's Court, Wooton Place, Wylie
Place, etc.
(b) Outer Wards —Alder's Cottages, Auckland Place, Beadman
Street, Beehive Place, Bedford Court, Benton's Lane,
Bricknell Cottages, Broomgrove Road, Change Alley
(Dunkirk Street), Clarence Cottages (Fenwick Place),
Cumberland Cottages, Cumberwell Place, East Place,
East Street, Fenwick Place, Garden Row, Industry Terrace,
Knight's Hill Square, Lepine Cottages, Langmead
Square, Love Lane, Moat Place, Paxton Yard, Porter's
Cottages, Rose Cottages, Stockwell Cottages, Tandridge
Place, Victoria Place (West Norwood), etc.