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HOUSING OP THE WORKING CLASSES.
It has only been found necessary to condemn 2 houses during
1905, under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, e.g., 45
and 47, St. Agnes Place, Kennington Park Road—the premises
being dirty, damp and dilapidated, with defective drains and
yard paving. The 2 notices were served on Dec. 30th, 1905.
The Council decided against using the land belonging to the
Borough and situated at the south-eastern end of the Borough
Cemetery abutting on Merton Road, Wimbledon, for the purpose
of erecting dwellings for the working classes under the
provisions of the Housing of the Working Classes Acts. In
arriving at this decision the Council was influenced by the fact
that the land is situated too far away from the Borough (central
congested portions). The Council approved of action being
limited to erecting dwellings within the limits of the Borough
The Council also approved of the following resolutions arising
out of those passed at the Conference convened by the Workmen's
National Housing Council, and held at Essex Hall, on
December 3rd, 1904, and gave instructions for a copy to be sent
to the London County Council:-
(a) That no room used for human habitation, in any house
or premises hereafter to be erected, should contain an air
space of less than 1,200 cubic feet.
(b) That the provisions of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1903, should be so extended as to compel every
person, Company, or Authority, demolishing houses occupied
by members of the working classes, to re house such persons
so displaced.
(c) That, in view of the bearing which the facilities of
transit have on the housing question, the hour up to which
cheap return tickets are issued on tramways and railways
should be extended to a later hour in the morning, and that
such tickets should be available for all classes of persons.