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insanitary houses become more and more dilapidated and
insanitary. Not so with the method adopted in Lambeth,
where displacement is reduced to a minimum, and the
conditions of the houses are improving. Displacements
under condemnation or closing schemes (large or small) are
not the only ones, for unfortunately there are what may be
described as unavoidable displacements connected with
railway extensions, improvement schemes, increase of
business premises (factories, workshops, etc.) In these
latter cases, all that a Sanitary Authority can do is to insist
upon a pro rata amount of suitable accommodation (in the
neighbourhood) being provided before any displacement of
persons is allowed to take place, and that the displaced
tenants should have the first refusal of the new rooms which
are to be let at (or about) the same rents as the old ones—
conditions that are being rigorously enforced, in all cases,
by the Vestry of Lambeth.
The Vestry has not yet taken any further action in
respect of the Open Space (partly cleared) in Lambeth
Walk.