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63,239 (25th January, 1915.)
Housing Acts, 1890 to 1909.
Order sanctioning Scheme of Reconstruction
under Part II. of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890.
CITY OF LONDON.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the City of London
in Common Council assembled;—
And to all others whom it may concern.
WHEREAS the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, acting through
the Common Council, are the local authority for the said City for the purposes of the Housing of
the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1909, and are herein-after referred to as "the Local Authority
And whereas the Local Authority, in pursuance of Part II. of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1890, directed a Scheme (herein-after referred to as "the Scheme ") to be prepared for
the improvement of the area described in the Scheme and the Scheme is in the following terms:—
"SCHEME.
"Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890—1909.
"CLOTH FAIR RECONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, 1914.
"SCHEME made by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London as
"Successors-in-Law to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, acting through
"the Common Council as the 'Local Authority' for the said City, and who are hereinafter
"referred to as 'the Corporation.'
"Whereas the Corporation did on the 11th day of December, 1913, pass a Resolution under
"the provisions of Section 39 of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, that the closeness,
"narrowness, and bad arrangement or bad condition of some of the buildings known as Nos. 12 to
"16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 26 (sites of), 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35 to 37, Cloth Fair,
"and No. 1, Red Lion Passage, and the want of light, air, ventilation and proper conveniences and
"other sanitary defects in certain of the said buildings is dangerous or prejudicial to the health of
"the inhabitants of such buildings and some of the neighbouring buildings, and that the demolition
"and re-arrangement of the said buildings, or some of them, is necessary to remedy the said evils above
"referred to, and that the area comprising those buildings and the yards, outhouses, and appur"tenances
thereof, and the site thereof is too small to be dealt with as an unhealthy area under
"Part I. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and at the same time did direct a
"scheme to be prepared for the improvement of the said area.
"The area included in this Scheme comprises 1,546 square yards or thereabouts, and includes
"the lands and buildings above-mentioned, and also the premises known as No. 23, Cloth Fair,
"which is included as neighbouring lands for the purpose of making the Scheme efficient, and all
"such lands and buildings are shown on the plan annexed hereto and are thereon enclosed within
"the inner edge of the red boundary line.
"All the lands and buildings included in the improvement area are intended to be purchased
"compulsorily in default of agreement.