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St Giles Place & rear of 41 St. Andrew Street
Unknown, 1924, Photograph
St Giles Place & rear of 41 St. Andrew Street
St Giles Place & rear of 41 St. Andrew Street
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6358
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St Giles Place & rear of 41 St. Andrew Street
Description
This photograph is taken from a photographic survey for the Leith Improvement Scheme to assess housing conditions.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1924
Size
20 x 16 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This photograph is labelled 'Area C. ref. nos. 18 to 21' and is taken from a bound volume titled 'Edinburgh (Leith) improvement scheme (1924) photographs'
The Edinburgh (Leith) Improvement Scheme, 1924, was a plan for the regeneration of an area of Leith surrounding Constitution Street and to the north of Great Junction Street. The Town Council Minutes of 3rd April 1924 propose the demolition or reconstruction of "certain houses, courts, and alleys unfit for human habitation". The concerns of William Robertson, Medical Officer of Health for the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, were that the "narrowness, closeness, and bad arrangement, or the bad condition of the streets and houses∨ the want of light, air, ventilation or proper conveniences or other sanitary defects&are dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the buildings in the said Areas, or of the neighbouring buildings&". The scheme involved large-scale demolition in this area of Leith, and the re-housing of most displaced residents outwith the areas covered by the scheme.
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