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These recommendations were unanimously adopted,
and the Town Clerk promptly acted upon them.
Sir Edward Cornwall particularly interested himself
in the matter, and in the House of Commons put
certain questions to the President of the Local Government
Board.
Mr. Long, in reply, stated that no scheme for the
improvement of the area had been submitted to him for
approval; he was also aware that the Treasury had
declined to sanction a loan, nevertheless he saw no reason
why the London County Council should not proceed with
the preparation of a scheme, and had written to them
to that effect.
At about the same time the Local Government
Board replied to a communication from the Town Clerk
that they could hold out no hope that the decision of
His Majesty's Treasury in regard to restriction of capital
expenditure would be altered, and the Treasury also
replied in similar terms, and declined to receive a
deputation.
The London County Council declined to support the
representation made by the Borough Council for the
removal of the financial restrictions which prevented the
County Council from proceeding with the scheme, but
stated that certain preliminary work upon the preparation
of the scheme had been put in hand.
On March 25th, 1916, the Public Health Committee
reported to the Borough Council as follows:-