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and occupiers of the houses served within two months, the
Housing of the Working Classes Committee would be under the
necessity of recommending the Council to prepare schcmcs in
pursuance of its powers under Section 46 (5) (6) of the Housing
of the Working Classes Act.
On the 16th December the Hoard resolved to inform the
Council with respect to the preparation of schemes for dealing
with unhealthy areas in general, and the Queen Catherine Court
area in particular, that they hesitated to take any steps which
would deprive the inhabitants of their homes until suitable
cottage dwellings—of which there was great dearth—were
erected on the Hrook Street site. To this the Council replied
that there was every probability that suitable buildings would
have been erected on the Hrook Street site by the time the
schemes were carried out and the persons displaced, and the
Council expressed the hope that the Hoard would at once
prepare schcmcs and serve the necessary notices.
On the 13th January last I submitted to the Sanitary
Committee plans which I had prepared for the development of
the Queen Catherine Court area, including the extension of
Dorset Street to Hrook Street, and the formation of a new
passage from Dorset Street to Caroline Street, and also the
construction of five blocks of artizans' dwellings. These plans
were approved by the Hoard and subsequently sent to the
London County Conncil with a request that the Council would
contribute one half of the cost of carrying the scheme into effect.
The Council having considered the same, suggested the adoption
of an alternative scheme in accordance with a plan accompanying
their letter, and the same was under discussion by the Sanitary
Committee at the time of closing this Report.
KING JOHN'S COURT AREA
On the 22nd June I submitted to the Works Committee a
plan of the unhealthy area in King John's Court and Limehouse
Causeway, comprising Nos. 115 & 117, Three Colt Street,
No. So, Gill Street, Nos. 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85. 91, 93 and 95,
Limehouse Causeway, the cottages in King John's Court, the