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appendix.
V
Health of the Strand District, in the said county, do hereby, with
reference to a certain area within the said Strand District, which
is delineated and coloured red on the plan hereunto annexed and
signed by me and which is bounded—
As regards Sub-Area A:
On the North by the part of the boundary of the
District lying between Drury Lane and Stanhope
Street;
On the South by Blackmoor Street;
On the East by Stanhope Street;
On the West by Drury Lane.
As regards Sub-Area B:
On the North by Clare Street;
On the South by the backs of the houses on the north
side of Houghton Street;
On the East by Clare Market;
On the West by Stanhope Street.
As regards Sub-Area C :
On the North by White Hart Street;
On the South by the backs of houses in the Strand ;
On the East by Drury Lane and Drury Court;
On the West by Helmet Court,
make an Official Representation within the meaning of Section
4 of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, to the effect
following, that is to say:—
1. That houses, courts and alleys, within the said area are
unfit for habitation.
2. That the narrowness, closeness and bad arrangement
of the streets and houses, the want of light, air and ventilation
and other sanitary defects, or one or more of such causes, are
dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the
buildings in the said area and of the neighbouring buildings.
3. That the evils connected with such houses, courts or
alleys, and the sanitary defects in such area cannot be
effectually remedied otherwise than by an Improvement
d