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Rotherhithe 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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and the yards, outhouses and appurtenances thereof, and the site thereof is too small to he dealt
with as an unhealthy area under Part 1 of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, and
that the scheme be prepared in accordance with the above Resolution.
(2) "That the Surveyor be instructed to prepare a plan showing the property to be
scheduled in the scheme."
(3) That the Clerk be instructed to take all the necessary steps to prepare a scheme under
Part 2 of the Housing of the Working Classes Act."
A notice to re-build and drain four houses, Nos. 24, 25, 26 and 27, Braddon Street,
premises included in the scheme, having been received, a communication was sent to the
Architect and Owner informing them that the property forming part of the insanitary area
the Vestry could not approve of same, and that should the houses be re-built the Vestry
would claim the property at its value before improvement.
A scheme was subsequently prepared by the Clerk, and submitted to the Sanitary
Committee for consideration and report, and on 15th October, 1895, the Committee reported
having considered the scheme prepared by the Clerk for dealing with the Fulford Street and
Braddon Street insanitary area, under part 2 of the Housing of the "Working Classes Act,
1890, which scheme embraced all the property already agreed upon by the Vestry, and
having conferred with Mr. Payne, L.C.C., upon the subject,
Recommended—That the scheme as submitted be adopted by the Vestry, subject to the
insertion of the necessary particulars relative to the estimated cost of dealing with the area.
This was approved by the Vestry.
Resolved—That the question of the employment of a surveyor to ascertain the value
of the property included in the scheme, and the preparation of the necessary plans to be
furnished to the London County Council with the copy of the scheme, be referred to the
Sanitary Committee for consideration and report.
Resolved That upon the scheme receiving the approval of the Council, the Clerk be
instructed to have the same printed and deposited at the Vestry Offices, and have notices
served upon the Owners and Occupiers of the properties scheduled therein, in accordance
with the Act of Parliament.