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generally badly paved, and worse drained where pools of liquid and other
fœtid matter collect, that emit exhalations, both offensive and injurious,
these become a source of disease, and disease among such a population
almost necessarily leads to pauperism. To get such places removed, and
well-ventilated healthy dwellings erected in their place, and occupied by
a better class of people, would bo a great sanitary reformation; and not
only so, but would also be an important advantage in a financial point of
view, there would be less demand upon the poor-rate for pauper maintenance,
and the amount of rates received from the property would bo
greatly increased. The houses in Mark-street, when finished, will be five
times the rateable value of the houses that formerly occupied the same
ground; and there will also bo an important social advantage, the
population will be increased fourfold, and the necessary consequence will
bo a corresponding increase to the local trade.
A mode of building possessing so many advantages, where all the
circumstances are so highly favorable, cannot fail to be a commercial
success ; and in future the wonder will be, that in the metropolis, where
ground is so valuable, a system of building dwellings so well adapted for
the working classes, had not been introduced long before, when all the
convenience of a self-contained house can be provided at a moderate
rent, and having the best provisions for health and comfort that sanitary
scicnce requires.
The following Bills have been before Parliament this Session,
and have been considered by the Parliamentary Committee.
Parochial Assessments Bill.
This Bill will not interfere with Shoreditch parish.
Great Eastern Railway Bill.
The Vestry opposed this Bill for the purpose of introducing clauses
for the protection of the Parish, but the Bill was thrown out by the
House of Lords.