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ARTIZANS' AND LABOURERS' DWELLINGS ACTS.
The Medical Officer having made a Special Report under the
provisions of the Artizans' Dwellings Acts, 1868-82, as to the
condition of the six houses in Elizabeth Court, Brook Street, Ratrhiff,
and their unfitness for human habitation, the Board referral the
matter to me for the purpose of surveying and reporting as to the
condition of the houses in question, in accordance with the provisions
of Torrens' Act.
Upon surveying the six houses 1 reported that the defects in
the premises could not be remedied by structural alterations and improvements,
and that the whole of the houses ought to be demolished.
A Committee consisting of the members of the Hoard having
inspected the Court, recommended the Hoard to make an application
to the Magistrate at the Thames Police Court for an order under
the Nuisances Removal Act to close the houses.
The application was made and the Magistrate ordered that the
houses should be closed.
The Medical Officer of Health also made a Report, under the
provisions of Torrens' Acts, upon the condition of the houses comprised
in the area referred to in his Report to the Metropolitan
Board of Works upon the proposed Nightingale Lane Scheme.
The houses comprised in the Report are as follows:—
A row of four houses known as Goodman's Rents ; Nos. 21, 23
and 25, Ropemakers' Fields; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
Thomas' Cottages; Nos. 2, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Willow Row; four
houses known as Trigg's Place ; the Cottages consisting of five
houses; Nos. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Nightingale Lane, and Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Chivers Court.
1 he matter was referred to me to survey the houses in question,
and 1 reported that in my opinion the defects in the houses Nos. 1,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Nightingale Lane; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6,
drivers Court; 21, 23 and 25, Ropemakers' Fields; Nos. 1 to 9,
Thomas ( ottages, and 8, 9, 10 and 11, Willow Row, could not be