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Street., of the insecurity of their property abutting
upon Broad Yard, by reason of the peculiar construction
of Broad Yard, which effectually secludes it
from observation from the street, and they also
made the suggestion that a gate should be erected at
the entrance for the purpose of shutting it off from
Turnmill Street at night after business hours. The
Yestry gave consent to the erection of the gate
but, with the view of safeguarding the public rights
in the Court, required that they should be furnished
with a key of the gate, and that a tablet should be
affixed to the adjoining premises giving notice that
the Court was public property. These requirements
have been complied with, and the gate erected
accordingly.
Chalet, Clerkenwell Road—This structure
having been allowed by the Chalet Company,
Limited, to become a source of great nuisance and
annoyance to the surrounding inhabitants from its
neglected condition, the Yestry considered the
question of its removal, although it was standing in
the Parish of Charterhouse. It appeared that such
Parish had no funds which they could apply to the
removal of the structure, and that this Yestry would
not be authorised to remove it, seeing that it is not
in the Parish of Clerkenwell, although they, by a mistake
as to the boundary, granted permission for its
erection, and they, therefore, requested the authorities
of the Charterhouse to empower this Yestry to
remove it. After considerable correspondence with
the Charterhouse Vestry they gave the Yestry
the necessary authority, and the structure was
removed.
Colney Hatch Lane, Sewerage.—Last year's
Report on this subject closed with a statement that
the Vestry had called upon the Hornsey Local
Board to open up the outlet of a barrel drain existing