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Marsham Street, 3 in Willow Place, 4 in Artillery Row, 3 in Chadwick
Street, 4 in Vandon Street, 6 in Tufton Street, 1 in Ann's Place.
With regard to the first named consideration was given as to dealing
with certain of the houses as obstructive buildings. Representation
was made that one house was unfit for occupation but eventually the
Council agreed not to make a Closing Order, conditionally on the
owners giving a written undertaking to discontinue the use of a room
on the ground floor as a living room and to carry out certain works
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necessary to render the premises more sanitary. In view of the
general circumstances consideration of the general question was not
proceeded with, but the use of a basement as a workshop was discontinued
and sanitary improvements were carried out in several of the
other houses.
Improvements in the condition of the basement tenements in
Newport Buildings were effected and the owners undertook not to let
these rooms to families in which there were children.
In the 3 houses in Marsham Street, two of which were empty,
certain outbuildings were demolished and part boarded up. Two of
the houses in Willow Place were closed by Magistrates' Order and the
third voluntarily.
Those in Artillery Eow were demolished, having been empty for
some years and become ruinous.
A Closing Order was made in respect of one house in Chadwick
Street and the house has since been demolished, a second one was
closed by Magistrate's Order.
The houses in Yandon Street and one in Horse Shoe Alley have
been closed in view of a scheme for reconstruction.
The houses in Tufton Street are being dealt with under the Public
Health (London) Act—2 have been closed voluntarily and 1 in Tufton
Place.

Underground Booms.—12 rooms were found to be illegally occupied
3 of these not complying with the requirements of the Housing and
Town Planning Act.