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land is £10,500. The estimated cost of the buildings is £69,011 ;
in addition there will be Architect's fees £1,600, Quantity Surveyors'
fees £1,000, Clerk of the Works salary £450, and Contingencies £939.
These are estimated amounts. The total cost of the buildings is
estimated at £83,250.
On this basis, the cost per room, living or sleeping, and excluding
sculleries and bathrooms, works out at £235 odd, which does appear
to be rather a large sum. If we include the sculleries and bathrooms
as " rooms," then the cost amounts to £153 per room.
Housing Enquiry.—A housing enquiry was held by an Inspector
of the Ministry of Health on June 8th, 1926, at the Finsbury Town
Hall, in connection with the Finsbury (White Horse Alley) Reconstruction
Scheme, 1925. The following report was made by the
Medical Officer of Health:—

The present housing enquiry is concerned with the small
area containing the dwelling houses in White Horse Alley, Market
Buildings and Pump Court.
White Horse Alley is a narrow alley running obliquely north
and south and connecting Benjamin Street with Cowcross Street.
Market Buildings are situated at the southern end of White
Horse Alley, and are at the rear of Numbers 19 and 20, Cowcross
Street.
Pump Court is a cul-de-sac, connected with White Horse
Alley by a short narrow passage near the northern end of White
Horse Alley, and runs almost parallel to White Horse Alley, and
east of it.