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Kensington 1958

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

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Table: Council have provided 1,414 flats. The total number of properties under Council management at the end of 1958 is summarized in the following table:-

Council have provided 1,414 flats. The total number of properties under Council management at the end of 1958 is summarized in the following table:-

Housing Properties
1890 Act26
Cottage Estates220
1919 Conversion90
Pre-war Flats344
Sundry Properties75755
Temporary Bungalows68
Compulsory Purchase Area15
1949 Act Conversion58
Post-war Flats1,4141,555
Nos. 27/29, Hazlewood Crescent10
onslow Garden26
Other Properties
Henry Dickens Court Garages10
Ingelow House Garages12
25, Basing Street Garages2
Gadsden Mews Stores and Stables17
Lonsdale Mews Stores and Stables17
Treverton Street Garages1270
Requisitioned Properties (in Family Units)565
2,981

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Other schemes for building new housing accommodation are in
various stages of preparation.
Accommodation for Costermongers
The general condition of mews dwellings in the borough has
received much attention from the public health viewpoint in recent years.
In connection with the Council's policy of clearing unsatisfactory mews
dwellings, it was appreciated that street traders must have storage
accommodation for their horses, vehicles, barrows and goods.
At the Council's request, the London County Council promoted
legislation to enable them to provide and maintain storage and
stabling accommodation for use by street traders and other like persons
displaced by reason of the exercise of powers under the Housing Acts,
or by the acquisition of lands under any other enactment.

Table: The erection of costermongers' stabling and storage accommodation in Gadsden Mews and Lonsdale Mews (which had been cleared under Housing Act procedure) has been completed and the following places have been provided:-

The erection of costermongers' stabling and storage accommodation in Gadsden Mews and Lonsdale Mews (which had been cleared under Housing Act procedure) has been completed and the following places have been provided:-

Gadsden MewsLonsdale Mews
Large stores85
Small stores34
68
17 units17 units

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In addition, a refuse container shed, manure stores and
sanitary conveniences have been provided for the traders.
FACTORIES
Section 128 of the Factories Act, 1937, requires the Medical