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(8) Diss Street Area.
This area of about 2 acres, comprises 69 houses
and a population of 420. A house-to-house inspection
was carried out during the year. Some 26
houses were found to be unfit for human habitation,
and 41 houses were unfit but capable of being made
fit if closed for thorough repair. This area was
formally reported to the Borough Council as being
an unhealthy area suitable for a reconstruction
scheme. The Western portion of the area has been
partly cleared for some time, and the Council considered
that this portion was suitable for immediate
treatment. In consequence a Reconstruction
Scheme was prepared and submitted to the
Ministry. A Public Local Enquiry into the Scheme
was held on June 18th, 1920. As the approval of
the Ministry is not yet forthcoming and the Scheme
is likely to take a different form from that first put
forth, I do not propose to take up any further space
on this matter at present.
The whole area comprises the following streets:
Arline Street (Part)
Stamp Place (Parti,
Smiths Buildings,
Chapel Street,
Strouts Place (part).
Diss Street (part).
Pelter Street.
(9) Kirkwall Place Area.
This area of about seven-tenths of an acre,
comprises 29 houses with a population of 159. A
large proportion of the houses are unfit for human
habitation, and they are as a whole hemmed in and
obstructive to neighbouring dwellings. This area
was formally reported to the Borough Council as
being an unhealthy area suitable for a reconstruction
scheme.