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SECTION VII.—HOUSING.
In spite of the steadily increasing activity both of private and
of public enterprise in the provision of houses, there is still much
leeway to be made up, and much individual misery and mental and
physical strain to be set right by extension of housing accommodation.
The number of working-class houses completed by the Corporation
during 1925—127—is far from being a full measure of the
programme of expansion adopted during the course of the year,
and the further very considerable growth of that programme during
the present year should appreciably relieve the existing housing
shortage.
Particulars as to housing inspection, over-crowding, and the
detection and remedy of housing defects are set out in the next
section, and need not be duplicated here.
Town Planning.—
Steady progress has been made with the Corporation's Town
Planning Scheme. The Croydon (South) Town Planning Scheme,
covering 930 acres in Croydon, in the neighbourhood of Duppas
Hill and the Waddon Estate, is in operation, having received the
final approval of the Ministry of Health.
The Croydon (North) Town Planning Sche ne, dealing with
805 acres of land in the neighbourhood of Not bury and Upper
Norwood, was approved by the Ministry of Health in March, 1926.
Both schemes define the zoning of houses as to donsity, the allocation
of open spaces, the areas to be allotted to factories and to shops,
the planning of main roads, and make other provision for securing
public health and convenience. The general lines thus laid down
will be of incalculable benefit, in regard both to health and to the
general amenity !of life, as the areas come under development.