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Street, cleared under the provisions of the Artizan's Dwellings
Acts. In the same month the Hoard approved the alternative
scheme prepared by the Council for the improvement of the
Queen Catherine Court area, and to which I referred in my
previous annual report, coupled with the proposed improvement
of Dorset Street, upon condition that the Council agreed to contribute
one half of the cost of carrying the same into effect. On
the 8th June, a letter was laid before the Hoard from the Clerk
of the Council stating that providing the scheme was carried out
forthwith in accordance with the plans and estimates approved
by the Committee of the Council, the Council would contribute
one half of the nett cost thereof, and the Hoard thereupon
ordered the necessary steps to be taken for carrying the scheme
into effect. The preliminary requirements of the Act having been
complied with, a Local Inquiry was held by S. J. Smith, Esq.,
C.E., an Inspector of the Local Government Hoard, at the offices
of the District Hoard, on Thursday, 16th March, 1893, at which
I gave evidence in support of the scheme, but at the time of
closing this report the result of the inquiry had not been made
known.
kino johns court area.
In the month of May, 1892, the attention of the Sanitary
Committee was called to the condition of certain houses on the
north side of Limchousc Causeway abutting on part of the area
proposed to be dealt with under the King John's Court scheme,
and the Medical Officer and myself were directed to report as
to including such houses in the Scheme. We accordingly
inspected the premises Nos. 76, 78, 8o, 82, 84, 86, 88, and 90,
Limchousc Causeway, and Nos. 111 and 113, Three Colt
Street, and I submitted an amended Scheme showing that in
the event of the premises being acquired Limchousc Causeway
from Three Colt Street could be widened at the south end from
7 feet 3 inches to 30 feet; opposite Spread Eagle Court from
12 feet 6 inches to 25 feet; and at the Gill Street end from
19 feet to 20 feet, The Committee recommended the Hoard
to approve this plan upon condition that the London County
Council consented to contribute one half the cost of carrying
the Scheme into effect and to lend the Hoard the other half
upon terms to be agreed. Upon this recommendation being
submitted to the Hoard the matter was referred back to the
Committee for further consideration, but the Committee adhered