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Lion Street area, but, having regard to important negociations now
in progress, the Committee had passed the following resolution:—
"That inasmuch as the Committee are and for some
time past have been taking steps for the acquisition by
agreement of the properties referred to, and also have closed
some of the insanitary premises in the area, it is in the
opinion of the Committee desirable that the Medical Officer
of Health should, for the present, defer the making of an
official representation under the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1890."
The Council resolved that the Committee's action in this
matter be approved.
At a meeting of the Council held 13th October, the Chairman
of the Street Improvement Committee stated that the question of
dealing with the Red Lion Street area was before the Committee,
and they would report at the earliest possible opportunity.
At a meeting of the Council held 8th December, the Committee
reported that they had had before them plans for the improvement
of the Red Lion Street area, prepared respectively by Alderman
Gascoyne, Councillor Carless, Mr. Armstrong and the Borough
Surveyor, and they had appointed a Sub-Committee to examine
such plans and the estimates as to the cost of carrying out the same,
and to report to the Committee.
Housing of the
Working
Classes Act
During the year five houses were closed as unfit for
human habitation. No legal proceedings were
necessary. The three houses which were closed in
Kew Road, reported in the Annual Report for 1902,
have been demolished and the site built upon.
The houses built by the Corporation under Part III. of the
1890 Act, continue to be in a satisfactory condition, and are all
occupied.