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HOUSES CLOSED.
The following houses were closed voluntarily by the owners upon the service
of sanitary notices under the Public Health Act, 1891, either on account of being
unfit for habitation or in order to allow the works necessary to put them in a
satisfactory sanitary condition being carried out in a proper and efficient manner,
which would have been difficult or impossible whilst the houses were in
occupation :—
Aske Street, Nos. 16 and 17.
Avebury Street, No. 1.
Bevenden Street, No. 19.
Britannia Street, No. 29.
Boston Street, Nos. 40, 71 and 79.
Catherine Street, No. 68.
Cavendish Street, Nos. 31 and 37.
Cottage Place, No. 1.
Cremer Street, No. 25.
Crondall Street, Nos. 42, 44 and 46.
Custance Street, No. 68.
Dereham Place, No. 19.
Dunloe Street, No. 39.
Essex Place, Nos. 3, 11, 13 and 19.
East Road, No. 12.
Felton Street, No. 8.
Hoxton Street, No. 10.
New Inn Yard, Nos. 44 and 46.
Ormsby Street, No. 6.
Retford Street, Nos. 2, 5, 12, 14 and 15.
Rushton Street, No. 3.
St. Johns Road, No. 158.
Scawfell Street, No. 13.
Vincent Street, No. 9.
Weymouth Terrace, No. 124.
Wimbourne Street, No. la.
York Street, Nos. 43, 45 and 47.
The houses in Aske Street each contained six rooms and scullery. The drains
were defective and the premises infested with rats. The owner closed them upon
receipt of a sanitary notice from Inspector Pearson. They were subsequently
dealt with, but remained unoccupied at the end of the year.
The house in Avebury Street, containing five rooms, was closed by the owner
on receipt of a sanitary notice from Inspector Langstone. It was generally dirty,
dilapidated and verminous. It was dealt with and afterwards re-occupied.
The house in Bevenden Street, containing five rooms, was dirty and dilapidated,
and was closed by the owner to comply with the requirements of a statutory notice
under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. It was dealt with under the supervision
of Inspector Stokes and subsequently re-let.
The houses in Boston Street, each containing three rooms, except in the case
of No. 40 where there are four, were dirty and dilapidated, and were closed by the
owner upon receipt of a sanitary notice from Inspector Firth. They were
effectively dealt with and subsequently re-occupied.
The house in Britannia Street, consisting of eight rooms and scullery, was
generally dirty, dilapidated and verminous. It was closed by the owner on receipt
of a sanitary notice from Inspector Wright, thoroughly dealt with and afterwards
re-occupied.