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The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended the
Council—
That the resolutions of the Conference on the London
Housing Problem be approved, and communications in support
thereof addressed to the Government, the London County
Council and the representatives of the Borough in Parliament.
On the 13th April Major Norton, on behalf of the Local
Government Board, inspected the Bridge Road and Emmett Street
area. It will be remembered that Arnold Buildings were ordered
by the Magistrate to be demolished, and nearly the whole of the
buildings have been pulled down.
On the 8th August H. Percy Boulnois, Esq., on behalf of the
Local Government Board, inspected Brewery Yard and Gandy
Court areas. The inspection was made in order that the Local
Government Board might decide whether they could adopt the
view of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar that such areas might
be dealt with as occasion arises under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
With respect of the "Brewery Yard Area," numbers 4, 5, 6 and
7, Brewery Yard have been completely pulled down.
The Public Health and Housing Committee considered a reference
to approach the London County Council in opposition to
the proposal to acquire property in Wellington Road for erection
of a car shed, and directed a communication be addressed to the
Highways Committee protesting against the proposal, urging, as
an alternative site, the! acquisition of a. block of insanitary property
lying between Bow Road and High Street, adjacent to the tramway
terminus at Bow Bridge, and requesting the Committee to
receive a deputation from the Council on the subject.