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houses at the time the representation was made, are shown in the
following table:—
No. of
Houses.
No. of
Families.
No. of
Persons.
Bowyer Street
14
14
92
"A "
Insanitary Area.
3 Acres.
Crown Street
6
7
28
Mayhews Buildings
12
12
45
Wyndham Road
28
38
168
Pinto Place
9
11
12
42
Pallador Place
17
68
Comber Grove
4
4
15
Totals
84
104
458
Comber Grove
39
80
254
Blucher Road
3
5
23
Aliens Cottages
3
5
19
45
90
296
Area to be acquired.
4 Acres.
Totals for the whole area
129
194
754
It is gratifying to report that during the year the building
work was commenced, and at the end of 1927 there were 42 flats
in the course of erection in Comber Grove.
Basing Place and Blue Anchor Lane Areas
In 1926 a representation under Part II of the Housing Act,
1925, was made to the London County Council with regard to the
unhealthy sites known as the Basing Place and the Blue Anchor
Areas.
The Basing Place area, about one acre in extent, is situated
between High Street, Peckham, and Victoria Road, and comprises
Basing Place, Paradise Place and Paradise Yard.
The Blue Anchor Lane area, about two acres in extent is
situated near the junction of High Street, Peckham, with Rye
Lane, and is bounded on the north by houses in Goldsmith Road
and on the south by houses in High Street, on the east by houses
in Hardcastle Street, and on the west it has a frontage to Hill
Street.
The London County Council submitted an Improvement
Scheme for the re-housing on the Blue Anchor Lane area of a
number of persons not fewer than the number to be displaced
under the Scheme.