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£53,000. The number of persons to be displaced by
the first scheme would be 1,121, and the Housing of
the Working Classes Committee propose to provide rehousing
accommodation for 560 persons, at a further
expenditure estimated at £20,800, for which at present
no financial provision is made.
As the scheme is to be undertaken under Part I1
of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, it
is possible for the Borough Council either by agreement
or compulsion to contribute towards the cost, but
in view of the low rateable value of the Borough and
the fact that the population largely follows miscellaneous
industries, which may be especially hard pressed as a
result of the war, the London County Council does not
propose to press the Council to make any such contribution.
The Report of the Finance Committee of the County
Council submitted the estimate for the necessary expenditure
of £53,000 (which does not include cost of
re-housing), and stated that this expenditure is expected
to fall approximately as follows :—
1915-16 £5,000
1916-17 £25,000
1917-18 £20,000
1918-19 £3,000
The Finance Committee stated that, on financial
grounds, they were in complete accord with the view
expressed by the Housing of the Working Classes Committee
to the effect that the present was not an opportune
time for embarking upon a new and large clearance