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Cobden House, Arlington Road.
This estate was completed early in the year. It consists of 55 flats erected on the site
of the Carlow Street area and was officially opened by His Worship the Mayor (Councillor
John Sperni, j.p.) on the 1st April, 1938. The families rehoused were displaced from
clearance areas, individual unfit houses upon which Closing or Demolition Orders had been
made by the Borough Council, or who were overcrowded under the provisions of the Housing
Act, 1936.
Queen’s Crescent Schkme.
Considerable progress was made with this scheme, which provides for the erection of
139 flats on the site of the Journeyman Tailors’ Benevolent Institution.
The rents to be charged on this estate will be the same as those at Kenbrook House,
Leighton Road.
The accommodation will be utilised for rehousing persons displaced from insanitary
property by the Council's Orders, or for relieving overcrowding in the Borough.
Camden Park Road Scheme.
This scheme provides for the erection of 95 flats, and at the end of the year satisfactory
progress had been made.
It has been decided to charge the same rents on this estate as at Kenbrook House,
Leighton Road.
The accommodation will be utilised for re-housing persons displaced from insanitary
property upon which Orders have been made by the Council, or for relieving overcrowding in
the Borough.
Brookfield Estate.
The existing hot water system, which had been in use since the estate was occupied in
1922, has been replaced by the installation of " Ideal" boilers in the flats and maisonettes.
Revision of Rent Scales.
The rent scales in force at certain of the Council's estates were modified as from 4th
April, 1938.