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47 to 50 St Andrew St. rear of Lumsden's Court
Unknown, 1924, Photograph
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47 to 50 St Andrew St. rear of Lumsden's Court
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47 to 50 St Andrew St. rear of Lumsden's Court
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Unknown
Date
1924
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15.5 x 20.5 cm
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This photograph is labelled 'Area C. ref. no. 27' 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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