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in respect of Nos. 34 to 44 and 48 to 54, Punderson
Gardens, each block containing three tenements. It was
necessary, in order to comply with my requirements, that
considerable alterations should be carried out, but when
these were completed the certificate was granted.
BRADY STREET AREA.
During the whole of the year under review the
Public Health Committee availed themselves of every
opportunity to press forward the question of the Brady
Street Area, but nothing has been done to clear any portion
of the site, and the old conditions remain unchanged
except for the worse.
On the 24th of April, 1915, His Majesty's Treasury,
in response to an enquiry of the London County Council
on the subject of capital expenditure, stated that, as
regards the general question, the Lords Commissioners of
His Majesty's Treasury were of opinion that, in conformity
with what was being required in other cases,
expenditure by the County Council on the Brady Street
Scheme should not be continued during the war, except
so far as it could be financed otherwise than by loan.
The Public Health Committee were much disappointed
at the attitude adopted by the Treasury, and by
direction of the Committee a letter was addressed to the
Treasury calling their attention to the urgent necessity
for dealing with this unhealthy area without delay, as
evidenced by the abnormally high death-rate; and urging
that, if the Lords Commissioners were unable to give
effect to the desire of the Council to deal with the area