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undertaken by the Council on 29th October, 1901, and 361 persons
of the working class will be displaced, while dwellings to accomodate
about 400 persons can be erected on the cleared area. The
gross cost of clearance is estimated at £17,000, the cost of works
at £1,600, and the value of the cleared area for housing purposes
at £1,500, thus leaving the net cost of the scheme at £17,100. All
interests in the property have already been acquired by the Council,
and the question of re-development of the area is now receiving
attention."
Bridge Road and Emmett Street.
"This area, which was the subject of an official representation,
dated 12th July, 1901, by Dr. F. W. Alexander, the Medical
Officer of Health of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, is situated
between Bridge Road and Emmett Street, and comprises Providence
Cottages, four houses in Emmett Street, and two blocks
of four and five-storey buildings known as Arnolds Buildings.
These buildings which contained aboutl 110 tenements and between
300 and 400 rooms, were erected in 1888, but were closed in 1894,
by a magistrate's order. The area did not appear to the Council
to be one which should be1 dealt with under Part I. of the Housing
of the Working Classes Act, 1890, but we were of opinion that
Arnold's Buildings should be demolished. In view, however, of
a proposal by the owners to convert the premises into a workmen's
hotel, no action was taken in that direction for a time, but as
the owners had failed to effect any alterations a magistrate's order
was obtained on 25th March, 1904, for the demolition of the
buildings within a period of six weeks from that date."
King Street Area.
This is a small area on the north side of King Street, Poplar,
opposite the Post Office, and was represented to the London
County Council in July, 1900, at the same time as the Providence
Place area. The London County Council decided not to entertain
the representation. The three houses in Eagle Place and the
four houses in Prospect Place were closed in April and May, 1903,
respectively. The houses in Eagle Place and Prospect Place still
remain closed and the entrances to these cul de sacs are boarded up.