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Kingston upon Thames 1896

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Table: TABLE D.Proceedings taken under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Part II.

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TABLE D.

Proceedings taken under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Part II.

Date.	Situation of Property.	State and Condition.	Action Taken.	Further Procekdinus.	Present Condition.	Remarks.
Nov., 1894	Sun Passage	Dilapidated and ancient buildings, dirty yard, insufficient W.C. accommodation	Notice served		In fairly good repair, yard paved, W.C. accommodation sufficient	This is a narrow court behind the Market Place. The houses are very ancient, timber and plaster.
June 7, 1895	Cambridge Square, Norbiton	Old brick buildings, floors below the ground level, defective guttering, dampness of walls, W.C. out of order and improperly kept. General state of disrepair	Notice served	Summoned. Closing older granted, but sus pended for a month, if work not then completed to pay a penalty of £20	These houses have been patched UP	The structure of these houses is so defective that nothing short of re-building will be satisfactory.
	Waterman's Lane, now Vicarage Road	Tumble-down old houses let in lodgings	Notice served	... ... ... ... ...	The houses were pulled down by the owner	A new and properly constructed common lodging house has been built on the site.
	Old Bridge Street	Two ancient cottages, general dilapidations and insanitary condition	Notice served	... ... ... ... ...	Houses put into thorough repair as far as was possible with such ancient constructions	These houses should have been pulled down, as they will soon become as bad as ever again.
Feb. 27, 1896	„ „ „	A common lodging house of several old buildings quite unfit for habitat ion	Notice served	... ... ... ... ... ...	Purchased for demolition.
Feb. 27, 1896	„ „ „	Rice's lodging house, dirty and dilapidated, insufficient W.C. accommodation	Notice served		Repaired and extra W.C. built	These houses should have been pulled down, as they will soon become as bad as ever again.
Feb. 21, 1896	River Lane	Common lodging house, insufficient W.C. accommodation	Notice served		Negociations for purchase in progress	This house should be pulled down.
	„ „	Three old houses, general disrepair, dampness	Notice served		Pulled down.
Sept., 1896	Elton Road	Four houses, general disrepair	Letter written		Houses thoroughly repaired	These houses now in a satisfactory condition.