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Street, on the east side of Middlesex Street, and on the south side of Wentworth
Street, together with the courts and alleys abutting on them. This
will enable the Board not only to re-house the persons displaced with more
liberal accommodation, but to widen Middlesex Street, Wentworth Street,
and the southern end of Goulston Street to 40 feet, and New Goulston
Street to 30 feet, and to reserve a considerable area fronting Middlesex
Street for recoupment. Your Committee propose to widen Wentworth
Street for a length of 500 feet in connection with this Scheme, and a length
of 300 feet in connection with Flower-and-Dcan Street Scheme (No. 11). A
further widening might conveniently be effected after these Schemes have been
carried out, but your Committee do not propose that it shall be taken in
hand at the present time. The net cost of this Scheme is estimated at
£124,700."
Flowee-and-Dean Street Scheme (Whitechapel.)
"This area is situated to the East of Commercial Street, and extends
from High Street, Whitechapel, on the south, to Flower-and-Dean Street
on the north. It contains an unusually large proportion of dwellings of the
worst description, and includes a considerable number of registered lodging
houses. Your Committee recommend the removal of the whole of the
northern portion of the block between Flower-and-Dean Street and Wentworth
Street, except the north side of Wentworth Street, which is occupied
by some large business premises, and the east side of George Street, which
is occupied by a large registered lodging house, and could not readily be
made available for re-arrangement. To the south of Wentworth Street
your Committee have omitted a large proportion of the area referred to by
the Medical Officer, as its condition does not appear to warrant its demolition.
It is not proposed to interfere with any of the courts leading out of
High Street, Whitechapel, except Inkhorn Court, nor with the stables in
George Yard in rear of the houses in High Street. Some lodging-houses
of an improved character have recently been erected in George Yard,
in which the Vicar of St. Jude's and other parties arc interested,
and for the extension of which they have taken some adjacent
property. They would probably be glad to avail themselves of the Board's
assistance to enable them to extend their Scheme. Your Committee recommend
the erection of 5-story buildings in this block, and they suggest the
widening of Wentworth Street to 40 feet, and of Flower-and-Dean Street,
Keate Street, and George Street, each to 30 feet. The net cost of this
Scheme is estimated at £23,073."
The facts which I have laid before you in this Report respecting the
sanitary condition of the two areas satisfactorily prove that both of them
arc, in every respect, very unhealthy, whether we consider the ages at death,