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dealt with by a Scheme, but that Closing Orders be obtained ; and
they offered to reserve tenements in their Ann Street dwellings for
the persons displaced.
I expressed to the Committee my opinion that if Closing Orders
were obtained under the Public Health (London) Act 1891, the
property would probably be patched up sufficiently for the Orders
to be cancelled and the dwellings re-let without any permanent
inprovement being effected, with the result that the area would
have to be subsequently dealt with under a Housing Scheme
at a larger cost.
The Committee considered the London County Council to have
the necessary machinery for preparing and carryingoutSchemes under
the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, and whether the costs be
ultimately thrown upon the Borough Council or not, they were of
opinion the work should be undertaken by the London County
Council, and the cost should also be met by them.
The Committee recommended the Council—
That a further representation be made to the London County
Council indicating the inability of this Council to deal with King
Street Area, and requesting them to take such action as may be
possible; and that the representatives of the Borough on the London
County Council be asked to support such representation.
Whilst this report is being written I represented to the Council as
"Unhealthy Dwelling Houses" under Part II. the three premises in
Eagle Place and the four in Prospect Place. A Scheme could not
be very well made as the vacant land included in the original
representation was being used for business purposes.
I directed the attention of the Committee to the condition of
Burford's Court, which is being dealt with under the Housing of the
Working Classes Act by the London County Council. The houses
are totally unfit for habitation. The Committee recommended—
That the attention of the London County Council be directed to