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In addition to the house-to-house inspections carried out by the
Survey Inspectors, 66 house-to-house inspections were made by a District
Inspector:—
East Combined Division.
St. Leonards Road 66
Summary .
Houses inspected by Survey Inspectors 6,568
Houses inspected by District Inspector 66
Total 6,634
Progress of Areas.
Arising from Ministry of Health's Circular 1331, dated 6th April,
1933, the Medical Officer of Health submitted to the appropriate Committee
for their consideration a list of 40 areas, including 15 which have
been previously considered and were referred to in the Annual Report for
1931.
The list referred to approximately 872 houses, 1,563 families and
6,463 individuals. A copy of the list was forwarded to the London
County Council, and subsequently representatives of the Borough Council
met the Chairman of the London County Council Housing Committee and
discussed the programme of slum clearance and improvement.
The progress of the areas during 1933 has been as follows:—
Area No. 1 (Providence Cottages, Emmett Street) .—The purchase of the
lands surrounding the area was completed at the latter part of the year.
It is proposed to erect 78 flats (49 two-bedroom and 29 three-bedroom
type) on the site for re-housing persons in connection with clearance areas
2a, 2b, 3, 4, 10, 24, 29 and 32.
Area Nos. 2a, 2b, 3, 4a and 4b. (Note.—Original areas 2 and 4 were
split into areas 2a and 2b and 4a and 4b.)
Re Nos. 2a, 2b and 4b (Silver Lion Court, Pennyfields, Surrey Place
West).—The Council resolved to deal with these areas by Clearance Orders.