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Improvement Acts, that he found the houses numbered 1, 3,
5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, on the east side of Lower Park road,
those numbered 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, on the
west side of Park Street, and that numbered 1a, Grainger
Street, in a state or condition dangerous to health so as to be
unfit for human habitation. The vestry, in further accordance
with the Statutes above mentioned, referred the Report
to the Surveyor to the Vestry to consider the cause of the
evil so reported on and the remedy thereof; and if such evil
is occasioned by defects in the said premises, whether it can
be removed by structural alterations and improevments or
otherwise, and whether the said premises, or any, and what
part thereof, ought to be demolished. The Surveyor subsequently
reported that in his opinion no structural alterations
or improvements could be made in the premises so as to
make them fit for human habitation, and that tehy ought to
be demolished. The Vestry, in compliance with the
requirements of the Act, gave notice to all parties interested
to attend the meeting of the Vestry on the 12th of May, to
state their objections to the Reports of the Medical Officer
and Surveyor. Many of them attended and stated the
tenures under which they held the property, and also their
objections to the Reports. The Vestry have adjourned the
further consideration of the question from time to time, at
the request of some of those interested, and to enable them
through their Surveyor, to submit plans and suggestions for
such improvements of the property as will put it in a sanitary
condition. The Vestry hope that some means may be devised
which will obviate the demolition of the property, and the
consequent loss to the owners.
OVERHEAD WIRES.
The attention of the Vestry had been frequently directed
to the possibility of danger arising from the rapid increase of
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