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(1) Local Government Board, stating that the Board
held out no hope that the decision of the
Treasury would be modified.
(2) Treasury, stating the Lords Commissioners were
unable to withdraw their objection to expenditure
in connection with the scheme.
(3) London County Council, adopting the position
of the Treasury and declining to support the
representations of this Authority.
"The foregoing summary of principal events in connection
with the Brady Street Area indicates but a tithe
of the action from time to time taken on behalf of the
Borough Council. For years it was strenuously urged
by the County Council that the Area would shortly be
developed by private enterprise whilst we, on our part,
steadfastly declined to adopt that view. Time alone
could test the point as to re-development by private
enterprise and now after the lapse of four years we can
only say that we know of no such proposals. The later
contention of the County Council that remedial housing
legislation should be waited for is even more valueless.
"The matter of the Brady Street Area therefore
appears to remain sheltered behind war conditions, and
the need for financial restriction. Meanwhile, however,
the Government Authorities are pressing Local Authorities
throughout the country to undertake schemes relating
to tuberculosis, measles, maternity and infant welfare,
leaving undisturbed the Brady Street Area, which
creates or fosters insidious diseases, and has for many
years been a menace to the public health and a disgrace
to civilisation.