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the object being to provide self-contained residential
flats wherein disabled ex-service men could live with
their families and obtain for themselves on the spot
the after-care and treatment necessary for their
condition. All the costs of propaganda were borne
by Sir Oswald Stoll, and in addition he gave to the
Foundation the freehold of the whole of the valuable
site upon which the War Seal Mansions now stand.
The foundation stone was laid in August, 1917, and
by the end of 1918, 72 flats and the treatment and administrative
buildings had been erected. During 1923
a further block of 66 flats, fronting Fulham Road,
has been added, and at the end of 1923 there were
altogether 112 flats occupied, the remaining 23 being
in process of completion. In November, 1923, there
were a total of 222 adults and 118 children housed in
the War Seal Mansions. Of this total, 38 families,
or approximately 114 persons, had previously lived in
Fulham.
I give below some figures prepared by the Town
Clerk, giving particulars of the accommodation at the
Lewis Trust Dwellings and the previous habitat of
the original tenants :—

The total number of flats is 377 ; one flat is used
by the Superintendent and three by porters, and for
various reasons the information was not obtained in
five cases.