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Shoreditch 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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The dwellings erected to bo approved by the London County Council and
the Secretary of State, and to bo provided with w.c.'s, sinks with water
supply, and dust shoots, according to the number and size of the
tenements in such buildings, and are not to exceed four stories in
height.
The modification of the scheme obtained by the Vestry with reference to
Goldsmith Square, is dealt with in this report under the heading of" Open Spaces."
The houses in this jxirish included in the scheme, and which are condemned as
insanitary, are—
Nos. 53, 55 and 57, Boundary Street.
Noa. 59 and 61, Boundary Street (a small portion only of those premises
at the western extremity is in this parish); and
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Duncan Court.
The following houses, which are all in this parish, do not form part of the
unhealthy area, but are included in the Home Secretary's order, as they are
required for the carrying out of the improvement scheme —
Nos. 43, 45, 47, 48 and 51, Boundary Street.
Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Boundary Place.
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
5, 7, 9 and 11, Calvert Street.
Nos. 114 and 115, Shoreditch High Street.
The streots in this parish affected are—
(1) Boundary Street, which is to be widened to a minimum width of 40 feet.
(2) Jacob Street, in the parish of Bethnal Green, is to be widened to 40
feet, and continued into this parish through Calvert Street to Shoreditch
High Street.

The estimated cost of the scheme is as follows—

£s.d.
Cost of Land, &c.371,00000
Cost of Roads35,00000
406,00000
Less-Recoupment106,00000
Total not cost ...£300,00000

The scheme, which is now in process of execution, will effect a most comprehensive
sanitary improvement in a densely crowded and insanitary district, which