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other. I can condemn these premises most unhesitatingly.
Eagle Court.—This Court is in close proximity to
the last mentioned court. Nos. 2 and 3 are in a most
dilapidated condition; dark, miserable basements,
wherein are situated the closets. The two houses
consist of eight rooms populated by eighteen people.
They should most certainly be demolished.
White Hart Street.—This street, leading out of
Drury Lane, is not wholly in the parish of St.
Martin's, nineteen houses and two warehouses
belonging to us. They are, with very few exceptions,
in an old and dilapidated state. Nos. 21 and
22 are particularly bad. In combination with the
adjoining parish a great improvement scheme might
be effected in this street.
Russell Court, Cross Court, Marquis Court, Vinegar
Yard, and the two houses in Red Lion Court.—These
courts all running into each other, are more or
less confined. Some of the houses are very old,
though better and more cleanly kept than some other
of the courts in the parish. There is a doubt in my
mind whether the Metropolitan Board of Works will
condemn these courts, at the same time it would be
a good opportunity to take down these houses in this
si tuation and construct blocks of buildings on the
model lodging-house system.
York Place.—A court situated in the neighbourhood
of the Adelphi, the width of which is only feet-