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St Mary (Islington) 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]
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"SANITARY ACT, 18G6."
| 1890. June 6 | Edward Jones, 134, Stoke Newington Road | Non-compliance with disinfection notice respecting- No. 64, Rotherfield Street | Summons adjourned for seven days for work to be completed and to pay 0s. costs |
"HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT, 1890."
| 1891. Jan. 14 | The Guardians of the Poor of St. Pancras | House unfit, for human habitation, viz., 100, George's Road | Order made for house to be closed within seven days and to pay 4s. costs |
| Jan. 21 | Edwin F. Blake, 8c, Drayton Park, Holloway | House unfit, for human habitation, viz., 98, George's Road | Order made for house to be closed within seven days and to pay 4s. costs |
DWELLINGS OF THE POOR.
The seven houses closed (in Elliott's Place, Essex Road) as unfit
for human habitation in 1884, by order of the Magistrate, still remain
unoccupied, no attempt having been made to render them fit for
habitation.
With regard to the 52 houses (known as Concord Buildings,
Norfolk Court, Norfolk Square, Norfolk Gardens, Lindsey Cottages, and
several houses in the Morton and Ecclesbourne Roads), which I reported
in 1888 to the London County Council as an area for an improvement
scheme under the Act of 1875, the Council, in January of the present
year, referred this matter back to the Vestry, requesting it to take into
consideration the possibility of applying their increased powers under
Part II. of the "Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890," for the
improvement of these buildings. I am of opinion, however, that it
would not be advisable at present to deal with this area under either
Part I. or Part II. of the Act.