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Lewisham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Municipal Housing Schemes.
The activities of the Council under the various Housing enactments since the War may be summarised as follows:—
| Acts under which accommodation provided. | Scheme. | Accommodation provided. |
|---|---|---|
| Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919. | Converted properties. | 119 Flats. |
| Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919. | Lewisham Park Estate. | 86 houses, 30 "A" type, 48 "B" type, and 8 "B4" type. |
| The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, and Housing Act, 1925. | Grove Park Estate. | 472 houses, 386 "A" type, 136 "B" type, and 32 flats. |
| Do. | Kent House Buildings, Winchfield Road, Sydenham. | 5 blocks containing 12 flats each—60 flats. |
| Total | 558 houses, 211 flats. 769 |
Slum Clearance,
The Public Health Committee considered a Circular Letter
from the Ministry of Health, stating that His Majesty's Government
have given very careful consideration to a matter that deeply and
urgently concerns social welfare, viz., the clearance of slums and
the improvement of bad housing conditions.
It was suggested that the Metropolitan Borough Councils should
confer with, and submit their proposals to, the London County
Council, whose duty it would be to co-ordinate such proposals and
transit them to the Minister, as part of a general programme which
they will themselves prepare for the County of London.
Certain properties of the old cottage type, occurring in small
groups of badly arranged houses, and so placed in many cases that
re-housing on the sites is impracticable, were specially considered by