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Kensington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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42
SLUM CLEARANCE
Action already taken
The following table gives details of the clearance areas declared by the Council since 1950, when slum clearance work under the Housing Acts was recommenced.
| Name of Area | Date of Declaration | No. bf houses | No. of persons displaced | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Mews | 25. 4.1950 | 28 | 86 | ||
| Lionel Mews' (Nos.l and 2) | 3.10.1950 | 13 | 38 | ||
| Lonsdale Mews (Nos.l and 2) | 2.1.1951 | 19 | 14 | ||
| Munro Mews | 2. 1.1951 | 24 | 55 | ||
| South End Row and Gardens | 3. 4.1951 | 10 | 4 | ||
| East Mews Road | 3. 4.1951 | 14 | 40 | ||
| Powis Mews | 13.11.1951 | 13 | 30 | ||
| St. Luke's Mews | 13.11.1951 | 20 | 41 | ||
| Portobello Road Kensal New Town | 13.11.1951 | 4 | 3 | ||
| (No.l) Area Kensal New Town | 11.12.1956 | 34 | 309 | ||
| (No.2) Area Kensal New Town | 14. 1.1958 | 62 | 441 | ||
| (No.3) Area Portland Road | 14. 1.1958 | 15 | 146 | ||
| (No.l) Area Portland Road | 11. 3.1958 | 5 | 31 | ||
| (No.2) Area Kensal New Town | 11. 3.1958 | 10 | 71 | ||
| (No.4) Area Kensal New Town | 8. 3.1960 | 7 | 41 | ||
| (No.5) Area Kensal New Town | 8. 3.1960 | 20 | 187 | ||
| (No.6) Area | 8. 3.1960 | 6 | 62 | ||
| Railway Mews Area Portobello Road/ | 10. 5.1960 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Telford Road Area Kensal New Town | 17.10.1961 | 18 | 127 | ||
| (No.7) Area | 12. 3.1963 | 49 | 350 | ||
| Princedale Road Area Kensal New Town | 25. 6.1963 | 7 | 30 | ||
| (No.8) Area Kensal New Town | 23. 7.1963 | 24 | 182 | ||
| (No.9) Area | 15.10.1963 | 54 | 417 | ||
The London County Council have been engaged in slum clearance
operations, using Parts III and V of the Housing Act, 1957, and
the following areas have been, or are being, dealt with:-
(a) Fenelon Place/Ashley Cottages/Warwick Road Area -
containing 66 premises. This site has been
cleared.
(b) Nos.12/46 (even) Bosworth Road. This clearance
area and adjoining land will be used for an
extension of the Enslie Horniman Pleasance.