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Brunswick-place.
Vincent-place.
George's- place.
Chapter-street, Douglas-street and Hide-place.
Ship-court.
Paradise-place.
Douglas-gardens, Emery-cottages and Douglas-street.
Gulston-cottages and Causton-street.
Vauxhall-bridge-road and Bloomburg-street.
Coburg-row.
Old Bochester-row.
From 18 to 20 houses in Parliament-street will shortly be
demolished, and already several have been razed to the
ground. The remaining buildings will be dealt with as soon
as the purchases have been completed.
Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
The owners of Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5a, Chapel-place, were summoned
under this Act. Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were closed, and after
they had been thoroughly repaired the Vestry consented to the
re-opening of the said premises. With respect to No. 5a, the
owner, with the consent of the Vestry and upon payment of
costs, obtained an adjournment, as he was actively engaged in
large structural alterations to the premises, and upon the
adjournment the summons was withdrawn, the house having,
in the interval, been thoroughly renovated.
For the house known as 21, Francis-street, an order was
obtained closing the premises, but the occupier refused
to quit, and was, in consequence, summoned. She did
not appear, and was therefore arrested and remanded. Upon
the day of remand the case was withdrawn, since, in the
interval, her children had been taken charge of by the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The furniture was
removed from the house, which was subsequently closed.
King's Head-court.
Under the above Act, Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, and 2, 4, 6,
8, 10, 12, King's Head-court, have been closed, and have since
been demolished, being unfit for human habitation.
Three cottages in the rear of Nos. 15, 17 and 19, Chadwickstreet,
were also closed under the above Act.
No. 72, York-street, being unfit for human habitation, Was
closed, but without, a summons being taken out, the lessee
giving up his lease.