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Kensington 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: Applications for improvement grants received and dealt with during 1955 are summarised as follows:-

Applications for improvement grants received and dealt with during 1955 are summarised as follows:-

Applications received38
Applications granted24 (comprising 59 separate "dwellings")
Applications refused14
Total amount of grants approved£21,282. 0s. 0d.
Applications withdrawn after approval2 (amounting to £605. 0s. 0d. )

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The provision of new housing accommodation

Table: The post-war new housing schemes completed or being erected in Kensington by the Council are summarised as follows:-

The post-war new housing schemes completed or being erected in Kensington by the Council are summarised as follows:-

Dwellings
Henry Dickens Court328
Balfour of Burleigh Estate120
Portobello Court158
Denbigh Road/Westbourne Grove102
Ingelow House, Holland Street33
Kelfield Court18
St. Columbs House, Blagrove Road16
Allom House, Walmer Road40
Barlow House, Walmer Road32
Hudson House, St. Marks Place12
Corbett House, Cathcart Road15
Galsworthy House, Elgin Crescent16
Liddiard House, Lansdowne Road8
Hunter House, Old Brompton Road15
Pinborough Road (three schemes)34
Orpen House, Trebovir Road8
Wornington Road (Whyte House and Blackmore House)9
11 and 29, Chepstow Crescent16
319, Ladbroke Grove9
Salter House, Silchester Road15
96 and 98, Blenheim Crescent10
Colville Gardens and Square20
19 - 27, Acklam Road8
10 - 14, Blagrove Road6
Raddington Road18
10 - 14., Cambridge Gardens8
Redcliffe Square11

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Other schemes for building new housing accommodation are
in various stages of preparation.
Overcrowding
Since the end of the war, it has been felt that the
rigid enforcement of the overcrowding standards in the Housing
Act, 1936, is impracticable and, therefore, the Public Health
Committee approved a scheme for dealing with the worst cases
in the first place. The Committee adopted a Modified
Standard which involved increasing the "permitted numbers" for
a dwelling house by a specific amount according to the number
of rooms. This Standard has been applied throughout although
minor amendments have been made as a result of experience
gained.
All cases of overcrowding coming to notice have been
classified under four headings as follows
Category 1. Overcrowding under the legal
standard where alternative
accommodation has been offered
and refused.