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New Buildings, Dwellings, &o.
The following dwelling houses and public buildings
have been erected in the Hamlet during the year
ending March, 1874.
For this return I am indebted to
Mr. C. A. Legg, the District Surveyor to the Metropolitan
Board:—
New Dwelling houses
84
Public Buildings for School Board of
London
3
Total
.87
previous year.
New Dwelling Houses
104
School Board Buildings
2
Sectarian Schools
4
Total
110
Open Spaces.
The open spaces in the Hamlet are rapidly disappearing
under cover of bricks and mortar; one especially,
adjoining the canal in Ben Jonson Fields, would have
made an admirable play ground for children, and
indeed, it has been for many years used for that
purpose, but as the educational authorities entertain
views opposite to those hitherto generally believed and
accepted, as to the preliminary necessity of a healthy
body, for the production of a sound and educated mind,
they have replaced the play ground by a large School
Board School. As I have before urged, the opportunity
afforded in the compulsory erection of these Schools,
was admirable for the purpose of obtaining sites for