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sentation to the County Council that a certain area in St. George's—known as the
Back Church Lane Area—was insanitary and ought to be dealt with under Part I.
of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, because : —
(1) The houses, courts or alleys within the said area were unfit for human
habitation.
(2) The narrowness, closeness and bad arrangement or the bad condition of
the streets and houses, or groups of houses, within such area, or the
want of light, air, ventilation, or proper conveniences, or any other
sanitary defects, or one or more of such causes, were dangerous or
injurious to the health of the inhabitants either of the buildings in the
said area or of the neighbouring buildings.
(3) The evils connected with such houses, courts or alleys, and the sanitary
defects in such area, could not be effectually remedied, otherwise than
by an improvement scheme for the re-arrangement and re-construction
of the streets and houses within such area, or of some of such streets
or houses.

In addition to the above, the area contained 7 more premises consisting of a
locked-up shed, stables, and workshops.
The area is bounded on the north by Batty Gardens, on the south by Ellen
Street, on the west by Back Church Lane, and on the east by Berner Street. The
scheme did not include any houses in Ellen Street.
The area comprised about two acres.