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Addison of the Southwark County Court, and which were
reported in the newspaper press, to the effect that tenants
under notice of ejectment come before him continually and
complain that, although they have respectable references and
can pay a fair rent, they are unable to find a habitation in
the neighbourhood either in the way of lodgings or a tenement,
that people with large families have no chance at all,
and that the difficulty is on the increase.
The Board would be glad if the Council would further
consider the matter and see if it can devise some means of
providing the housing accommodation, for the poorer classes
especially, which is so much needed in this and the
surrounding district.
I append hereto a copy of a letter which his Honour
Judge Addison has addressed to Mr. Causton, the local
Member of Parliament, on the subject, and which has
appeared in the public press.
Yours faithfully,
W. H. ATKINS,
The Clerk Clerk.
London County Council.
At the instance of Mr. Causton, a meeting was held at the
Bridge House Hotel, London Bridge, on Wednesday, the 29th
June, for the purpose of conferring with the local authorities,
the Vestry of St. George-the-Martyr, the Board of Guardians,
and this Board being represented, Messrs. Edric Bayley, M.A.,
and T. Hunter, County Councillors, and many others being
present.
In opening the proceedings, Mr. Causton (who occupied
the Chair), read the letter from Judge Addison above referred
to, in which His Honor stated that from his experience of
recent ejectment cases in the district of his County Court,
there was great need for housing accommodation, many of the
defendants being industrious people, willing and able to pay a
suitable rent, but unable to find habitations within a reasonable
distance of their work, and suggesting inquiry as to the same
on the part of the local authorities. It was in consequence of
that letter and his (Mr. Causton's) desire for personal information
that he had called that meeting.
The subject having been discussed, Mr. F. Baxter proposed
and Mr. Henry J. Fry seconded the following resolution, which
was unanimously passed:— "That this meeting, being convinced