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HOUSING.
House to House Inspections.
A routine inspection of houses in various roads in the Borough
was carried out by the District Sanitary Inspectors during the
year, and the total number of houses inspected in this way was
1,538.
Unhealthy Areas.

With the exception of Mayhews Buildings, which was subsequently
included in the Wyndham Road Area Improvement
Scheme, the clearance of the remaining sites still remains in
abeyance owing to the difficulty of finding suitable building land
in the neighbourhood of the areas named, and the provision of
alternative accommodation for the families concerned. It should
be noted that it is not possible to re-build on any of the existing
sites.
The Minister of Health, by an Order dated May 2nd, 1927,
confirmed, with modifications, the Wyndham Road Area Improvement
Scheme, which comprises the clearance of an insanitary
area in the neighbourhood of Wyndham Road, an insanitary
area known as the China Walk area, North Lambeth, and an
insanitary area known as the Hatfield area in Southwark, and
the acquisition of four acres of lands and premises adjacent to
Wyndham Road for the erection of six blocks of buildings by the
London County Council for the accommodation of 2,020 persons.
The number of houses in the area covered by the Improvement
Scheme, the number of families and persons living in the