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ventilated, being overshadowed on all sides by large
buildings. The houses should be all closed and demolished.
(d) James Place, Murphy Street, Lower Marsh, a court containing
8 houses, which are dirty, damp and dilapidated,
the court itself being badly paved. These houses should
be all closed and demolished.
(e) Spring Gardens, Vauxhall Walk—a court containing 15
houses, which are dirty, damp and dilapidated, and generally
worn out, with defective sanitary and water fittings.
These houses should be all closed and demolished.
(f) Asa Place, Webber Street —a small court, with 6 cottages,
which are old, dilapidated, and generally worn out, without
proper light or ventilation owing to adjacent high
buildings on all sides of the court. These houses should
be all closed and demolished.
Under Conclusion (4) come the following private development
schemes:—
(a) Duchy of Cornwall Estate in Kennington (Prince's Ward) —
the Courtnay and Newburn Streets area, and the Robert
Raikes and Whitehart Streets area for Town Planning
Schemes, and the conversion into separately contained
flats or tenements of the empty and dilapidated houses
in Kennington Road (Nos. 227 to 291).
(b) Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Estate in Brixton Ward —the
Wyke Estate, to be remodelled, and the old basement or
semi-basement dilapidated and worn-out large houses
(structurally and sanitarily unfit for human habitation in
their present condition, and as at present occupied by 2
or 3 families, or sub-let as furnished apartments) closed
and demolished, and, in their places, new up-to-date
separate non-basement houses provided, cottages or tenemented
houses (not exceeding 2 or 3 storeys respectively
in height), on the lines of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners'
New Cut Area Scheme, an object lesson in
housing.
N.B.—This proposed scheme should be gradually carried
out so as to reduce displacement of tenants to a
minimum.