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to their decision and it was subsequently approved and adopted
by the Board. The Council were informed accordingly, and
the Superintending Architect thereupon wrote asking for the
following information:—
"(a) What is the extent of the surplus land proposed to
be sold ?
"(b) What arc the suggested positions for the buildings
for rehousing artizans proposed to be erected on the site
coloured red, and what is the number to be accommodated in
the building ?
"(c) What is the number of persons belonging to the
working classes who will be displaced by the proposed
Improvement ?"
I made a report upon the subject to the Sanitary Committee,
and by their direction informed the Superintending
Architect that the area of the surplus land proposed to be sold,
and not forming part of the unhealthy area, was about
feet. I also forwarded to him a plan showing the sites of the
houses proposed to be erected, and stated that the same when
built would afford accommodation for 100 persons, the number
of persons of the artizan class, including children, to be displaced
being 21.
In July the Clerk of the London County Council wrote
that after careful consideration the Public Health Committee
were of opinion that the area was too confined for rehousing
except on the frontages to Gill Street and Three Colt Street,
and that the only satisfactory method of dealing with it would
be to devote it to the purposes of an open space, and they were
therefore unable to approve the plan submitted. He further
stated that in the event of the Board being willing to prepare
a scheme for the improvement of the area on the following lines
the Committee would be prepared to recommend the Council to
contribute one half of the cost of the same.
"(a) That the whole of the buildings situated between
Limehouse Causeway and King John's Court be cleared and the
vacant space used as a playground.