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"(b) That the houses on the North side of the Causeway
be excluded from the scheme, being commercial premises and
not, in the opinion of the Committee, of a sufficiently insanitary
character to necessitate their inclusion in a scheme of this
nature."
In reply, the Council were informed that if an "open space"
meant a wide thoroughfare the Board would agree to the suggestion,
especially if the Council consented to contribute one
half the cost. The Clerk of the Council thereupon wrote that
subject to plans of the scheme being approved by the Public
Health Committee, and on the understanding that no buildings
were erected on the area, the Committee would be prepared to
recommend the Council to contribute one half of the cost of
dealing with the area by the formation of a wide thoroughfare
from Three Colt Street to Gill Street. The Board referred the
letter to the Works Committee, with instructions to take steps
for the carrying out of the proposed scheme with the utmost
speed.
I prepared a plan of the scheme and submitted the same to
the Works Committee, upon whose recommendation the Hoard
directed that a copy of the plan should be sent to the Council
with a request that the Council would contribute one half the
cost of the work. This was done, and in January the Clerk of
the Council wrote asking what the Hoard proposed to do
with the vacant land lying between King John's Court and the
suggested new thoroughfare. By direction of the Hoard I
replied that it was suggested that King John's Court should be
stopped up, and a portion of the surplus land offered to the
School Hoard for London for their purposes, and that the remainder
of the land would be offered to the owners of the
premises abutting on King John's Court. The decision of the
Council upon the subject has not yet been received.
chusan place area.
The question of dealing with this area has been under consideration
from time to time during the year, and the Medical
Officer and myself were, in the month of October, requested to
prepare a fresh scheme for the improvement of the site. Subsequently,
however, a letter was received from the Clerk of the