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unventilated staircases led directly out of the addition wash-houses, and had very
low head room of 6ft. Oins. Rooms were low and clamped and some overshadowed,
and the living rooms and wash-houses directly communicated and ventilated into
each other. Two houses had very restricted yards and all sanitary conveniences
were unsatisfactory. Structures were weak, settled, very damp and in an
advanced state of structural disrepair.
Represented on February 10th, 1935. Clearance Order made on October 23rd,
1935. Public Inquiry held on January 14th, 1936, and confirmed by the Ministry
of Health on March 27th, 1936. The buildings were demolished during April, 1937.
Hartwcll Street (Market Row) Area (3 buildings).
Market Row: Nos. 20, 21, 22.
Three worn-out terrace-type properties, fronting on a narrow right-of-way,
formed this Area. Two houses each consisted of two floors with four rooms and
wash-house, and one house comprised three floors with six rooms and wash-house,
with space under the ground floor used as a cellar.
The houses were badly planned and arranged internally, lacked satisfactory
internal ventilation and in two instances had dark and unventilated staircases
which led directly out of living rooms. All the rooms were low and some were
cramped, dark and overshadowed. In two instances the floors were below the levels
of the cul-de-sac.
The structures were weak, settled and in an advanced state of structural
disrepair, one building was supported by four raking and one flying shore. All
the houses were very damp and sanitary conveniences unsatisfactory.
Represented on February 10th, 1935. Clearance Order made on October 23rd,
1935. Public Inquiry held on January 14th, 1936, and confirmed by the Ministry
of Health on March 27th, 1936. The buildings were demolished during April, 1937.
Shacklewell Lane Area (12 buildings).
Shacklewell Lane: Nos. 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143.
This Area consisted of aged terrace-type properties, fronting On a public road.
Eight houses each consisted of four- floors with seven rooms and wash-house and three
each comprised four floors with nine rooms and wash-house, and one consisted of
four floors with eleven rooms, scullery, wash-house and lock-up shop.
All the buildings had rooms situated in basements and mansard roofs, were
badly planned and arranged internally, lacked satisfactory internal ventilation,
particularly as regards the rooms in the basement and mansard roofs. Many of
the rooms, especially those situated in the basements and mansard roofs, were very
low and cramped. The basement rooms had floors Varying in depths below
the levels of the adjoining ground, with small areas in the forecourts and
yards for the purpose of procuring direct external light and ventilation to the
rooms. All the buildings were damp, had defective and leaky drainage systems, and
structures were weak, badly bulged, settled, tied in, and in an advanced state of
structural disrepair.
Represented on May 13th, 1935. No Public Inquiry was held and the site was
purchased by agreement in 1936 for re-housing and confirmed by the Ministry of
Health on March 31st, 1936. The buildings were demolished during May, 1937.
High Street (Homerton) Area No. 1 (58 buildings).
Marian Street: Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 ; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.
High Street (Homerton): Nos. 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66.