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Three dwelling-houses—Nos. 172 and 174 New Road and
No. 74 Longhedge Street—were repaired and made fit in
all respects for human habitation, and the Closing Orders
were determined by the Council on the 23rd June and the
22nd December respectively.
With regard to the dwelling-houses Nos. 16, 17, 19 and
27 Arden Street, the owners gave an undertaking to make
the houses in all respects fit for human habitation.
The dwelling-house No. 118 Usk Road was under repair at
the end of the year, but not completed.
With regard to No. 38 Winstanley Road, negotiations were
being carried on with the owners with reference to the
repairs.
With regard to the remaining houses—Nos. 7 Darien Road
and 15a Arden Street—the owners failing within the
Statutory period to render them in all respects fit for
human habitation, or to give an undertaking to do so,
Demolition Orders were made by the Council on the
24th November and the 21th October respectively.
Unhealthy Areas.
A list of small areas scheduled for consideration as
Unhealthy Areas under Part II. of the Housing Act, 1890,
were set out in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of
Health for 1919.
Six of these areas were surveyed, and were represented
by the Medical Officer of Health to the Council during 1920.
Resolutions adopting the report of the Housing Committee
thereon were passed by the Council, who directed
schemes to be prepared for improvement of the said areas
under Part II. of the Housing Act of 1890. The Ministry
of Health were informed of the Council's resolutions, and
after several conferences and interviews with officials at the
Ministry, it was suggested that the Council should begin with
the Plough Road area. This area comprised houses in York
Road, Plough Road, Britannia Place, Field's Place, and Holtby
Place (a total of 109 dwelling houses, with an acreage of 2.39
acres, a population of 553, density 231 persons to the acre).
Plans for reconstruction under a Part II. scheme were
duly submitted to the Ministry, who wrote stating that consideration
would be deferred pending a local enquiry.