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Battersea 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Housing.
Provision of New Accommodation.
Sheepcote Lane Area. Redevelopment by the Council of the first
section of this area, which was the subject of a Clearance Order
made prior to the war, was completed during 1948.
Work on an extension of the original area was put in hand
during 1948, and 24 flats were completed in 1949.
Hibbert Street Area. Redevelopment of this area, comprising
Hibbert Street, Linda Street, and parts of Wynter Street, Maysoule
Road, Hope Street, and York Road, is being carried out by the
London on County Council. During the year, 5 blocks, containing 172
flats, were completed.
19/20 Bolingbroke Grove. This site was formerly that of the
Council's Maternity Hospital, which was closed in 1938. During
1948, the buildings were demolished and the erection of 27 new flats
was completed in 1949.
Shirley Grove/Wickersley Road; 6 Nightingale Lane; Nightingale
Lane/Hendnck Avenue. Redevelopment of these sites by the Council
was commenced during 1949.
Other Permanent Housing Sites. Consideration was given during
the year by this Council, and by the London County Council, to the
acquisition of further sites with a view to their redevelopment as
housing sites.
Private Enterprise. During the year 2 houses, which had been
demolished by enemy action, were rebuilt by the owners, providing
5 self-contained flats.
The rebuilding of 23 houses on a privately owned housing estate,
(emolished by enemy action in 1944, was commenced.
| Flats | |
|---|---|
| By Battersea Borough Council | 51 |
| By London County Council | 172 |
| By Private Enterprise | 5 |
| 228 |
Conversion of Existing Houses.
During the year the Council converted into flats 10 houses held
under requisition. Thirty-seven family units were made available
Repair of Unfit Houses.
Whole, as stated in the paragraph on the operation of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936 (vide page 21), that Act continued to
afford the main means by which the remedy of insanitary conditions
in dwelling houses was effected, the limited use of the provisions of
Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936, resumed towards towards the end of 1948
after having been discontinued since the outbreak of the war, was continued.