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(c) In September a letter was received from the London County
Council stating that the Council had given consideration to the official
representations made in 1919, and suggested that three of the ten Areas
included in the representations, viz., Commodore Court (Collins Place)
Area (1 acre), Silver Lion Court (1/3rd acre), and the Emmett Street
(Providence Cottages) Area (1 acre), should be dealt with by the Council
and asked the Borough Council to consider undertaking schemes for the
clearance and reconstruction of the Areas in the near future.
The Public Health and Housing Committee, and the Special Housing
Committee, appointed their Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen to make a tour
of slum areas within the Borough, with the Medical Officer of Health, with
a view to the Medical Officer of Health submitting a report.
The three areas referred to by the London County Council were visited
and the Medical Officer of Health reported that he intended to submit
them to the Council for consideration. The necessary inspections were
carried out.
The Town Clerk reported that in view of the Derby case there were
considerable difficulties in representing areas at that time and it was
anticipated that these difficulties would be removed by the Bill which had
been promised by the Government.
Under these circumstances the Committee resolved that in view of the
present legal difficulties, the areas proposed to be represented by the
Medical Officer of Health be submitted when the Bill promised to be introduced
by the Government has become law.
(d) Orchard Place Area.
In September, 1929, the London County Council intimated that they
were not prepared to deal with this area, which had been represented to
them in 1919, and had been the subject of correspondence after the Thames
Flood in January, 1928.
Since this area had been represented Statutory Notices had not been
served upon the owners of the property to remedy defects. When serious
nuisances arose letters were addressed to the owners by the Medical Officer
of Health asking for the premises to be made wind and weather-tight.