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(IV.) Insanitary Areas. A great deal of work has been done
on the Insanitary Areas mentioned below: —
Dockhead:
Houses
730;
Population
4,552;
Area 6
acres
„
Salisbury Street:
155;
1,035;
„ 4
„
„
Leroy Street:
64;
346;
„ 1⅛
„
„
„
Bethel Place:
49;
195;
„ ¾
„
„
„
Prospect Street:
55;
291;
„ ⅝
„
„
„
Vauban Street:
121;
600;
2¼
„
„
„
1,174;
7,019;
„ 14¾
„
The amount of work done will be realised from the
number of houses, which total 1,174, having a population
of 7,019, and covering an area of 14¾ acres.
At the beginning of the work on the Insanitary
Areas it was found that the form hitherto used was not
quite satisfactory. Further particulars were required
about each house to give in full, and for a permanent
record for future reference, the defects found on inspection.
A glance at the forms attached will give some
idea of the amount and the detailed nature of the work
involved in the inspections.
The difficulty in dealing with condemned houses and
insanitary areas is the entire absence of suitable and
sufficient building land in the Borough, and, until,
unless arrangements can be made with the London
County Council or neighbouring Boroughs for the provision
of accommodation for the population displaced,
demolition of any of the property cannot be carried out.
The London County Council have taken the Dockhead
Area, and are making provision for housing some
of the people living there, and the Council is erecting
flats in Faustin Place for the people displaced under the
Closing Order mentioned above. These, with the exception
of a few isolated cottages, are the only schemes for
re-housing in hand.