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owner likewise decided to pull down and rebuild, which has
been done.
Crown Court, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. These houses were so
foul and dilapidated as to be quite unfit for human habitation
; they were closed in accordance with the Vestry's order,
and they have since been pulled down and superior property
erected on the site.
The two-roomed houses, Nos. 1 to 6, Axe place, Hoxton,
are extremely damp, dirty and dilapidated. They have been
closed in accordance with the Vestry's order.
The two-roomed houses, Nos. 1 to 10, Foundry place,
were old, damp, and very dilapidated; the owner being
required to render those dwellings fit for habitation, decided
to pull them down and rebuild, which is being done.
The four-roomed wooden houses, Nos. 1 and 2, Duncan
Court, being very foul and dilapidated, having no through
ventilation, and no water closets, have been closed in
accordance with the Vestry's orders.
The four-roomed houses, Nos. 1, 2, 2£, 3, 4, 5, and 6,
Norfolk place, and Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24,
Bateman's Street; also the four-roomed houses, Nos. 1, 2,
and 3, and the two-roomed houses, Nos. 4, 5, 6,
7, and 8, Little Norfolk place, forming a square block.
These dwellings which have been frequently under the consideration
of the Sanitary Committee, owing to their foul,
damp, and dilapidated condition, have all been removed, the
owner considering it more to his advantage to let the land on
lease than to deal with the old ruinous houses.
No. 35, George street, Shoreditch, very foul and
dangerously dilapidated. There being no back yard, the
water closet being situated under the open stairs, and within
the walls of the living room. The house being infested with