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The whole of the said buildings on the said land shall be demolished, as and when acquired,
"provided that Nos. 12 to 16, 17, 32, 33 and 35, 36 and 37, Cloth Fair, may be left standing, and
"in occupation, until such time as they shall be required for the purposes of this Scheme.
"The whole of the lands included in this Scheme are to be appropriated or used for the purpose
"of altering, widening, turning or extending any of the streets or other public places within the
"area, or are to be used for open spaces or for some other appropriate public purpose as may be
"approved by the Corporation, and any street, court, alley or place within the area may be closed
"or diverted as may seem expedient with a view to the improvement of the area and for the general
"efficiency of this Scheme.
"The Corporation may sell and dispose of in such manner as they may think fit or demise or
"lease such lands as shall be ultimately deemed unnecessary for the purposes of this Scheme.
"The number of persons of the Working Classes in occupation of the buildings included in this
"Scheme, including lodgers, as ascertained on the 2nd February, 1914, is 24 adults and 4 children
"—total 28 persons. This total is exclusive of 7 adults and 3 children who were living rent free as
"caretakers. The number of tenements exclusive of those used entirely for business purposes in
"the several dwelling-houses, as ascertained on the same date was 21, of which number 8 were
"empty.
"No provision is made in this Scheme for rehousing the persons of the Working Classes who
"may be displaced by this Scheme, because the persons displaced will be so few in number, and
"because the Corporation has already provided within the City, dwelling accommodation for the
"Working Classes by erecting blocks of dwellings in Stoney Lane, Viaduct Buildings, and
"Farringdon Street.
"The estimated rental value attaching to the premises, which for the present it is proposed to
"leave standing and in occupation, is £500 per annum.
"This Scheme may be cited as ' The Cloth Fair Improvement Scheme, 1914.' "
And whereas the Local Authority, having served notice of the Scheme in manner provided by
the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1909, have petitioned Us, the Local Government
Board, for an Order sanctioning the Scheme ;
And whereas We are satisfied on the report of one of our Inspectors made after a local inquiry
that the carrying into effect of the Scheme would be beneficial to the health of the inhabitants of
the buildings comprised in the area described in the Scheme or of the neighbouring dwelling-houses:
NOW THEREFORE, We, the Local Government Board, in the exercise of our powers under
the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1909, do, by this Our Order, Sanction and Order
as follows, that is to say:—
Article I.—We hereby Sanction the Scheme and Order that the provisions of the Lands
Clauses Acts shall be incorporated with this Order so as to enable the Local Authority to acquire
compulsorily any lands within the area comprised in the Scheme.
Article II.—This Order may be cited as the City of London (Housing of the WorkingClasses)
Order, 1915.
Given under the Seal of Office of the Local Government Board, this Twenty-fifth day of
January, in the year One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
HERBERT SAMUEL.
President.
Walter T. Jerred,
Assistant Secretary.