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Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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AND WHEREAS, on the 21st day of May, 1895, the Vestry of the said Pariah, as the
Local Authority passed a resolution in reference to the said area to the effect of Section 39,
Sub-section 1 (b) of the said Act and thereby directed a scheme to be prepared for the
AND WHERE AS Closing order have been made from time to time in reaped of several
of the ??? comprised in the said area, and such houses are now unoccupied and incapable
of being mode fit for occupation and in some cases the houses have been palled down :
NOW THEREFORE, we, the V«lry of the parish of Rotherhithe, London. in furtherance
of such resolution and by virtce of the powers conferred upon at by the said Act do make this
1. THE lands and hoses comprised in the said area are delineated by the colour pink in
the plan hereto annexed, and the houses are specified in the Schedule hereunder written.
9. It is intended by the Pentition of the Vestry to the Local Government Board for an
Or ???artinaing the Scheme. to ask that such Order do incorporate the provisions of the Lands
Clauses Acts so that said area may be taken compulsory if it cannot be taken by agreement.
REMOVAL OF EXISTING BUILDINGS.
1. SO soon as the Vestry shall have purchased the said area by agreement, or taken it
Compusorily the materials of the buildings thereon shall he sold and removed therefrom.
DEALING WITH THE VACANT AREA.
4. THE recant area shall, after referring the space repaired for making the necessary
new road as shown by the lincs coloured red on the said plan, with all convenient speed, and
either as a whole or in section, be either sold in fee simple or let on building ??? for 99 years
upon such terms and conditions (subject clause of this scheme) as the Vestry and the
Council shall approve. If let for building the area shall afterward be sold in fee simple subject
to the ??? or ???. Any sale or letting may be proceeded by an agreement providing that the