View report page

43
ground level are unventilated and decayed.
Structural weaknesses have developed, resulting
in sunken roofs and bulging ceilings ; the brickwork
is very poor.
Clearance Areas Nos. 6 and 7 :
Selsea Place. Number of houses, 8. State of repair: These
houses are very old and are in a very poor condition
generally; some have two rooms, others four
rooms and one has six rooms which are all small.
Each house has a small yard containing the w.c.
Structural weaknesses have developed resulting in
sunken roofs and bulging ceilings. The floors
generally are below ground level and are unventilated
and decayed. Water supply in several is
obtained from a stand-pipe in the yard, in others
the tap is in the wash-house. The houses
generally are in a very bad state of repair and the
brickwork is unsound.
Re-Housing Accommodation.—As reported last year, instructions
were given to the Housing Committee to prepare a scheme
for the erection of dwellings on the Lordship Road/Lordship
Terrace site, such scheme to provide for the re-housing of displaced
tenants from the clearance areas.
For this last-mentioned purpose it was estimated by the Council
that 60 flats would be required, in respect of which a subsidy
could be obtained based on the number of persons rehoused.
It was eventually decided to invite six competitors to submit
plans and Sir Robert Tasker undertook to act as assessor in an
honorary capacity.