Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Applications for improvement grants received and dealt with during 1955 are summarised as follows:-
Applications received | 38 |
Applications granted | 24 (comprising 59 separate "dwellings") |
Applications refused | 14 |
Total amount of grants approved | £21,282. 0s. 0d. |
Applications withdrawn after approval | 2 (amounting to £605. 0s. 0d. ) |
The provision of new housing accommodation
The post-war new housing schemes completed or being erected in Kensington by the Council are summarised as follows:-
Dwellings | |
---|---|
Henry Dickens Court | 328 |
Balfour of Burleigh Estate | 120 |
Portobello Court | 158 |
Denbigh Road/Westbourne Grove | 102 |
Ingelow House, Holland Street | 33 |
Kelfield Court | 18 |
St. Columbs House, Blagrove Road | 16 |
Allom House, Walmer Road | 40 |
Barlow House, Walmer Road | 32 |
Hudson House, St. Marks Place | 12 |
Corbett House, Cathcart Road | 15 |
Galsworthy House, Elgin Crescent | 16 |
Liddiard House, Lansdowne Road | 8 |
Hunter House, Old Brompton Road | 15 |
Pinborough Road (three schemes) | 34 |
Orpen House, Trebovir Road | 8 |
Wornington Road (Whyte House and Blackmore House) | 9 |
11 and 29, Chepstow Crescent | 16 |
319, Ladbroke Grove | 9 |
Salter House, Silchester Road | 15 |
10 | |
Colville Gardens and Square | 20 |
19 - 27, Acklam Road | 8 |
10 - 14, Blagrove Road | 6 |
Raddington Road | 18 |
10 - 14., Cambridge Gardens | 8 |
Redcliffe Square | 11 |
Other schemes for building new housing accommodation are
in various stages of preparation.
Overcrowding
Since the end of the war, it has been felt that the
rigid enforcement of the overcrowding standards in the Housing
Act, 1936, is impracticable and, therefore, the Public Health
Committee approved a scheme for dealing with the worst cases
in the first place. The Committee adopted a Modified
Standard which involved increasing the "permitted numbers" for
a dwelling house by a specific amount according to the number
of rooms. This Standard has been applied throughout although
minor amendments have been made as a result of experience
gained.
All cases of overcrowding coming to notice have been
classified under four headings as follows
Category 1. Overcrowding under the legal
standard where alternative
accommodation has been offered
and refused.