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15
DWELLINGS OF THE POOR.
Of the 76 houses closed as unfit for human habitation in 1884, by
order of the Magistrate, seven in Elliott's Place, Essex Road, only
remain shut. Attempts have been made from time to time by repairing,
&c., to make these houses habitable, but unless the owner
carries out considerable structural alterations, which he appears
unwilling to do, it will be impossible to effect any permanent improvement
in the sanitary condition of these houses, so as to render
them again fit for habitation by any respectable class of persons. This,
indeed, is the greatest difficulty in connection with all such properties.
I have thought it my duty to report, under Torrens' Act, Nos. 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, Aston Buildings,
Holloway Road, and Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5, Nelson Place, Ronald's Road
(a sketch of which I append), to the Vestry, and I sincerely hope that
you will order their demolition.