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SECTION D
HOUSING
General
The estimated number of dwellings in the borough at the end of
1957 was 9 904 consisting of 3 495 houses 6 368 flats and 41 huts„
The houses are almost entirely privately owned. Ownership of the
flats is as follows
Finsbury Borough Council 1,592
London County Council 559
City Corporation 266
Metropolitan Police 126
Housing Associations 2 644
Private ownership 1,181
New Accommodation
The housing construction programme of the Council and other housing authorities has continued to make progress during the year and I
am pleased to report the erection and occupation of the following 339
new flats during 1957:
By the Finsbury Borough Council
19-24 Wynyatt Street 12 flats
By the City Corporation (Golden Lane Estate)
Great Arthur House 120 flats
Stanley Cohen House 32 "
Basterfield House 54 "
By Housing Associations (Peabody Estate)
St. Mary's Tower . „. 52 flats
Peabody Court 42 "
By Private Owners
Pensioners Court Charterhouse (conversion) 13 flats
29/31 Pentonville Road (conversion) 5 "
17 Paget Street (conversion) 3 "
6/7 Paget Street (conversion) 3
Others 3 "
Fifteen certificates of habitation under Section 95 of the Public
Health (London) Act 1936 were issued during 1957 in connection with
new or converted premises which included the above mentioned blocks
of flats.