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Finally the Sanitary Committee on the 18th December, drew up
an important report to the Vestry,of which the following is a portion:
2. Your Committee is, however, of opinion that the closing
of the houses in question will not do away with the necessity for
an improvement scheme in connection with the whole of the
buildings comprised within the said area, and having regard to
the communication from the London County Council, your
Committee recommends that the Vestry do resolve:—
"(a.) That it appearing to the Vestry as the Local
"Authority under Part 2 of the 'Housing of the Working
"Classes Act, 1890,' that the closeness, narrowness and had
"arrangement or bad condition of the following buildings'
" viz.:—
"Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Concord Buildings.
"Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20, Ecclesbourne Road.
"Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Norfolk Court.
"Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Norfolk Square.
"Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, Norfolk
"Gardens.
"Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13, Morton Road.
"Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 7 and 8, Lindsay Cottages.
"and the want of light, air, ventilation and proper con"veniences
and other sanitary defects in the said buildings
"are dangerous and prejudicial to the health of the inhabitants
"of the said buildings and of the neighbouring buildings, and
"that the demolition or the reconstruction and rearrangement
"of the said buildings or of some of them is necessary to
"remedy the said evils, and the area comprising such buildings
"and the yards, out-houses and appurtenances thereof, and
"the site thereof is too small to be dealt with as an unhealthy
"area under Part I. of this Act, a scheme be prepared for the
"improvement of the said area under and pursuant to the
"provisions of Part II. of the said Act."
And this was the position this important matter was left in at the
end of the year when the Sanitary Committee ceased to exist, and
when the newly constituted Public Health Committee came on the
scene.