View report page

54
of the Act of 1903; and suggested that the County
Council should consider to what extent the matter might
properly be dealt with by means of a scheme or schemes
under Part II. of the Housing of the Working Classes
Act, 1890—indicating that the under-mentioned areas
might be considered in that connection :—
(1) The area comprising the houses in Neath Place;
the houses Nos. 10, 12 and 14, Tapp Street;
the houses Nos. 126 to 140, fronting Brady
Street; and, unless they can be and are to be
dealt with under Sections 17 and 18 of the
Housing, Town-Planning, &c., Act, 1909, the
houses on the south side of Somerford Street.
(2) The area comprising the houses on the south
sides of Scott Street and Dixie Street.
(3) The area comprising the block of tenemental
buildings in Lisbon Street, unless Section 38 of
the Act of 1890 may be, regarded as providing
a more satisfactory method of procedure.
(4) The area lying between Brady Street, Reuben
Street, Pereira Street and Merceron Street,
except the site of the houses immediately
abutting on the last-named street.
The letter added that the Board understood that
the County Council had under consideration a proposal
for acquiring a site in the neighbourhood of area No. 4
for educational purposes, and that this area might be
suitable for such a site, and pointed out that if the area
were included in a scheme under Part II. of the Act
of 1890, it would be practicable to provide for its use,
after clearance, as a site for a school. The question
of providing for the housing of a number of persons: