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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE.
At No. 8, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall,
Friday, August 8th, 1884.
TRIRTY-SEVENTH DAY.
Present:—
The Rt. Hon. The Earl Brownlow.
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Carrington.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bart., M.P.
Mr. W. T. McCullagh Torrens, M.P.
Mr. Henry Broadhurst, M.P.
Mr. George Godwin, F.R.S.
Mr. John Edward Courtenay Bodley (Secretary).
The Rt. Hon. Sir CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE, Bart.,
M.P., in the Chair.
Mr. Robert Paget, Clerk to the Vestry, Parish of Clerkenwell,
examined.
17,470. The Chairman.—You are Vestry Clerk of Clerkenwell?
—I am.
17,471. How long have you been Vestry Clerk?— Twenty-eight
years.
17,472. A good deal of evidence has been given before the Commission
upon the subject of Clerkenwell, as Clerkenwell was included
in a district which the Commission took as a test district,
namely, the metropolitan government district of Clerkenwell, St.
Luke's, St. Pancras, and Holborn, having reference especially
to the wholeof St. Luke's and Clerkenwell, to the southern portion
of St. Pancras, and to the eastern portion of Holborn, districts
which lie together. The Vestry of Clerkenwell have since
December last had under their immediate consideration the
question of provisions with regard to tenement houses, have they
not ?— Yes.
17,473. After the 35th section of the Sanitary Act was put in
force by the Local Government Board as regards the whole
metropolis, it not having previously been in force in Clerkenwell,
a letter was written by the Local Government Board in November