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Lambeth 1897

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Parish of Lambeth during the year 1897

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103
Housing of the Working Classes Act.
DETAILS OF 40 HOUSES CONDEMNED IN LAMBETH DURING 1897.
Date of representation
of
M.O.H. to, and
of resolution
of. Sanitary
Authority.
Address of Premises.
No. of
Houses.
Date of
Service of
Notices.
Result.
Remarks.
Jan. 21st.
I, 2, Eden Cottages, St.
Gothard's Road, West
Norwood
2
None served
Closed and demolished voluntarily.
Premises dirty, damp, and dilapidated,
floors unventilated, yard
paving defective, no ash-pits, and
with defective drains and offensive
w.c.s (due to want of water
supply).
Feb. 18th.
21, Oakley Street
1
Feb. 20th.
Rendered fit for habitation.
Premises dirty, damp, and dihpidated.
Feb. 4th.
6, Chapel Street
1
None served.
Rendered fit for habitation.
Premises dirty, and dilapidated, and
built over stables, the smells from
which permeate living and sleeping
rooms.
March 18th.
22, 24, 26, Dugdale Street,
Camberwell New Road
3
March 27th.
Rendered fit for habitation.
Prem'ses dirty, damp, and dilapidated,
and drains defective.
March 18th
164, Waterloo Road
1
March 27th.
Closed (by consent) by order of
Magistrate, November 19th,
1897, and since rendered fit
for habitation.
Prem'ses dirty, damp, and dilapidated,
and without proper light
and venti'ation.