View report page

49
Description of Premises.
Number
of
Dwellings
Action Taken
Subsequent
Action.
2 to 6, Distillery lane
6
Closed by Magistrate's
order with penalty
of £ 1 in each case
7, Distillery lane
1
Closed by Magistrate's
order with penalty
of £1
Demolished
58, Star road
1
Repaired by Owner
46
DEMOLITION OF HOUSES UNDER THE
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.
In June I represented to the Vestry, that in my opinion,
the continuance of Nos.3, 4, 5, 6,7,8, 9 and 10, Caroline Place,
which had been closed under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, since 1891, was dangerous or injurious to the
health of the public or of the inhabitants of the neighbouring
dwelling-houses.
The Vestry having resolved that it was expedient to
order the demolition of these houses, notice of the resolution
was served on the owners.
Mr. R. Furber attended before the Vestry on behalf of
the owners of the houses, who were mortgagees in possession,
and stated that the property was now the subject of
litigation in Chancery, owing to the bankruptcy ot the
former owner, and contended that there was a technical
objection to the notice served by the Vestry, but that he
was willing, on behalf of his clients, to give an undertaking
in writing to at once Board up the property and pull down
the dangerous portions of the buildings to the satisfaction
of the Survevor, if the Vestry would allow the question of
demolition to stand over until the legal negotiations were
concluded, and the request was acceded to by the Vestry.