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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON. 29
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.
With reference to the Insanitary Area which 1
represented to the London County Council under this
Act in November, 1894, the Public Health and Housing
Committee of the Council reported as follows:—
"For some years past our attention has from time
"to time been called to the insanitary condition of an
"area lying immediately north of the Strand, adjoining
"Clare Market and the southern end of Drury Lane.
"This is the largest and worst of those crowded collec"tions
of courts and alleys which remain to disgrace
"central London. The property is held by a large
"number of small owners who are powerless of them"selves
to effect any adequate improvement, and it is
"clearly one of those cases which Part I. of the Housing
"Act was designed to meet. We are satisfied that
"the narrowness, closeness, and bad arrangement and
"bad condition of the houses, courts, and alleys within
"the area, and the want of light, air, and ventilation
"are injurious to the health of the inhabitants, and
''that the evils connected with these houses, courts, or
"alleys, and the sanitary defects of this area cannot
"be effectually remedied otherwise than by an improve"ment
scheme."
The Committee therefore prepared a scheme and
submitted it to the Council, and the Council, being
satisfied of the truth of the representation, approved of
their Committee's recommendation, and ordered the
scheme to be advertised during three consecutive weeks
in the month of October, as required by the Act.
For the purposes of the Scheme, known as "The
" London (Clare Market, Strand) Improvement