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The owner contending that the dwellings could be made fit
for habitation by alterations, refused to carry out the order
of the Vestry and pull the houses down. The Vestry,
therefore, was obliged to apply to the Court for an order
directing the houses to be demolished. The ease was
partly heard at the Middlesex Sessions, when it was stated
to the Court that the owner was prepared to effect great
improvements in the dwellings, so as to make them fit for
habitation, and he would submit the plans to the Vestry
for approval. The Judges visited the dwellings, and it was
considered advisable, in order to avoid further expense, for
both sides to ask the Judges to give their decision without
going further into evidence. The Court directed the owner
to effect the improvements by the following October, and
the Vestry then to attend the Court and state if they are
satisfied with the alterations.
When the October arrived your Medical Officer
advised the Sanitary Committee not to take any further
proceedings, considering that the owner had much
improved the dwellings, but allow the sufficiency of the
alterations to be decided by time.
The houses named below were reported to the Vestry
as unfit for human habitation, owing to their dirty, damp,
and dilapidated condition, and closed in consequence. Nos.
1, 2 and 3, Crown Court; Nos. 1, 2, 2½, 3, 4 and 6,
Norfolk Place; Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24,
New Norfolk Street; Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, G, 7 and 8, Little
Norfolk Place; Nos. 1 and 2, Duncan Court, also 6
houses in Axe Place, Hoxton.
The dwellings Nos. 21, 22 and 23, New Inn Broadway;
Nos. 1 to 10, Foundry Place; eleven houses on
the south side of Bowling Green Walk, and Nos. 10, 11,
12 and 13, Bateman 's Row, were reported to be dangerous
to health. Notices were served requiring the removal of