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Hampstead 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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To improve this state of things the following remedies were
suggested:—
1.—The vigilant enforcement of the sanitary regulations.
2. —The provision of accommodation for the persons who would
be displaced as the result of such action.
With a view to the provision of such accommodation negotiations
for the acquisition of a piece of vacant land at the corner of Lower
Cross Road and Upper Park Road were brought to a satisfactory conclusion,
and the following scheme was prepared by the Borough
Engineer, and approved by the Council on 28th April:—
Short description of proposed Housing Scheme, Lower Cross Road.
The plans provide accommodation for a total of 248 persons housed in three blocks. The following table shews the disposition of the 42 tenements in the blocks:—
| Two-roomed tenements. | Three-roomed tenements. | Four-roomed tenements. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block "A" | 8 | 8 | – |
| Block "B" | – | – | 10 |
| Block "C" | 4 | 12 | – |
| 12 | 20 | 10 |
It is proposed that the entrance to each block should be from the
open courtyard, the courtyard itself being approachcd from
Lower Cross Road by an opening sufficiently wide to admit
a cart. By this arrangement of entrances, constant traffic
through the courtyard (of value for supervision) is ensured,
and the carrying through the street of the dust-pails to the
dust-bins in the courtyard is obviated.
Each tenement is provided with a scullery, larger than the usual
tenement scullery, containing sink and coal hunker, and a
w.c. placed as far as possible from the living rooms, with
a ventilated lobby between.