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10 to 17 Park street, and No. la, Grainger street, were not fit
for human habitation and should be dealt with under the
Artisans and Labourers Dwellings' Act. This Report was,
pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, referred to the
Surveyor, and he advised that no structural alterations could
be made and that the houses ought to be demolished.
Copies of these reports were served upon the freeholders;
Mr. Wix, the lessee; Mrs. Biggs, the sub-lessee of the houses in
Lower Park road with 43 years to ran, at a rent of £40;
Mr. Macgillivray, the 6ub-lessee, at a ground rent of £30 a year,
of the houses in Park street ; the Temperance Benefit Building
Society; and the occupiers of the houses.
Mr. Legg, Surveyor, on behalf of Mrs. Biggs, and
Mr. Macgillivray, attended the Vestry and represented that they
were desirous of making such structural alterations as would put
the houses in a sanitary state. Many adjournments of the Yestry
took place, the parties were heard several limes, and plans were
submitted, but the Vestry passed a Resolution ordering the demolition.
Since the passing of this Resolution I have endeavoured
to give effect to the evident desire of the Vestry to save the loss
the Owners must sustain by the demolition of the houses, and have
had many interviews with them on the subject, but with no good
result. I regret that, owing to the want of conjoint action, no structural
alterations have been submitted to the Vestry as would enable
Dr. Bristowe and Mr. Reynolds to certify that the houses could be
so altered and improved, and placed in such a sanitary condition
as would justify the Vestry iu rescinding the Resolution, and thus
do an act of grace to the unfortunate holders of this property.
CANTERBURY ROAD—THE VESTRY v. THE GREENWICH BOARD OF WORKS.
Canterbury road, the greater part of which is situate in
two parishes, namely, the Parish of Camberwell and the Parish
of St. Paul, Deptford, (the latter a district under the jurisdiction
of the Greenwich Board of Works) being in a very bad