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"In reply a letter was received on the 31st October, 1883, stating that the
Board was of opinion that the area was too limited to come within the scope of
the Act of 1875, and the letter proceeded—
" 'It seems to the Board that an unhealthy area of this small extent
'should be dealt with by the Vestry, under the Act of 1868 and that
'which subsequently amended it (known together as Torren's Acts)
'or by some other means, and that the area should not have been
'made the subject of a representation to this Board under the Artizans'
'and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act, 1875.'
"This was to be regretted, as it was hoped an improvement scheme
would have opened up a roadway from High Street to Boundary Street,
in relief of the congested district of Bethnal Green, now occupying the attention
of the London County Council.
"On the 30th July, following the despatch of the report on Ann's Place and
Jane Shore Court, the Medical Officer of Health reported some other areas to
the Metropolitan Board of Works, viz., 35 houses in Watson's Place, 40 in Ware
Street, 15 in Louisa Street, 8 in Nancy Street, 21 in Moira Place, and 21 in
Reform Place—total number of houses 140 ; and a reply was received stating
that the Board could not entertain any other schemes in addition to those
they already had in hand.
Metropolitan
Board of
Works and
Cross's Act, re
Ware Street,
Watson's Place
Moira Place,
&c.
"Following upon that, the 21 houses in Reform Place have been demolished
under sanitary notices, and upon the site Baths and Wash-houses have been
built; 6 of the houses in Jane Shore Court have been taken down and the site
built upon for warehouse purposes. The houses of Ware Street, Watson's Place,
Nancy Street, and Louisa Street have been repaired again and again, but they
are so badly constructed and built of such inferior materials, that they must
produce frequently recurring nuisances. These facts were urged upon the
attention of the London County Council in letters addressed to the Council
by the Medical Officer on the 13th May, 1889, and the 6th May, 1890.
It was also urged that an Improvement Scheme would afford an opportunity
for the erection of improved dwellings—which are much wanted in that locality
—and that the open spaces and the other dilapidated houses and sheds lying
between the area and Hoxton Street could be included by the Council under
the 5tli Section of the Act of 1875, and, by such means, a large Improvement
Scheme be effected with great advantage. Nevertheless, the Council have
decided not to apply Cross's Act to that area.
The London
County Council
and Cross's
Act, re Ware
Street, Watson
Place, &c.
"The Council, having also declined to act upon the report of the Medical
Officer, addressed to the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1883, in reference
to Plumber's Place and Moira Place, and, nine years having elapsed, it was
found that the neighbourhood called for a large and comprehensive Improve-
"London
County Council"
and
Cross's Act, re
Plumber's
Place, &c.
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