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Rotherhithe 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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EMOTION OF HOUSES FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.
5. Every Conveyance building agreement and lease of the said area or any part thereto
made or entered into by the Vestry prior to the completion fit for occupation of houses according
to this present Clause, shall provide for the erection or completion by the Purchaser or Lessee
within a reasonable and stated time of dwelling-houses suitable for the working classes and
capable of accommodating 550 persons at the least. The plans of such dwelling-house shall
be prepare by the Local Authority and agreed upon and approved by the London County
Council
PROVIDED that in the event of a difference arising between the Local Authority and the
London County Council with respect to such plans, the same shall be referred to the Local
Government Board, whose decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.
IF within one year from the time when the said area shall have been cleared, such dwellings
as hereinbefore mentioned for persons of the working class have not been erected thereon, the
Local Authority shall, unless the Local Government Board shall otherwise order, themselves
erect such dwellings.
ALL lands on which any buildings shall be erected or provided in pursuance of the Scheme
shall for a period of 25 yean from the date of their erection, be appropriated for the purpose of
dwellings; and every conveyance, demise, or lease of such lands and buildings shall be endorsed
with notice of this provision -
PROVIDED that the Local Government Board may at any time dispense with the requirement
of this paragraph, subject to such conditions (if aoy) as they may see fit
THE dwelling-houses shall be provided with water-cloarts, sinks and water supply, dost
shoots, and other proper sanitary requirements according to the number and size of the tenements
6. THE following estimate of the cost of acquiring the property and the re???ment to be
anticipated therefrom has been made by Mr. Robert Page, of the firm of Messars. Stock, Page and
Cost of ground with building thereto and of acquiring same £27,150
Less ??? £2,800
Cost of making new road and severs as estimated by Mr. Norman
Scorgie the surveyor to the Vestry
Total estimated cost