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As, however, the London County Council did not intend to deal with
the area and the Borough Council were not prepared to take it over, it
was agreed that in future the usual procedure regarding service of Notices
etc., should be carried out.
Old Palace L.C .C. School.
The London County Council asked for the observations of the Borough
Council regarding their proposal to purchase Nos. 10 and 12, St. Leonards
Street, with part of the gardens in the rear of Nos. 10 to 20 (even) Bruce
Road, in order that adequate playground space may be available when a
proposed enlargement of the school has been carried out.
The following observations of the Medical Officer of Health were
agreed to by the Public Health Committee for submission to the London
County Council:—
i. That the ground proposed to be taken be absorbed into the
existing playground and kept as an open space and that
any additions to the existing school building shall not
extend beyond the present boundary wall of the playground,
and
ii. That as a result of the proposed extensions of the
ground the boundary wall at the foot of the gardens in
Bruce Road should not be less than 10ft. away from the
scullery back addition walls of the Bruce Road houses.
Re Underground Rooms.
A letter was received from the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing
Joint Committee in which it was stated that the Committee appointed by
the Conference of Public Authorities on the Thames Floods had expressed
the opinion that where basement rooms in low-lying areas were liable to
floods did not comply with the existing statutory requirements, steps
should be taken at the earliest practicable time to secure that they were no
longer used as dwellings.
Upon the suggestion of the Medical Officer of Health the Committee
and Council agreed that it would certainly be desirable that underground
rooms used as living and sleeping rooms should be closed, and that powers