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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
Apart altogether from 8,664 inspections arising from complaints
under the Public Health Act, and 1,095 House to House Inspections,
slow but steady work under the Housing Acts, 1930-1935 was
carried out during the year. Eight representations were placed
before the Borough Council during 1935 and the Slum Clearance
programme outlined in last year's Report is being steadily pursued.
The eight areas represented involved 104 houses. Two of
the areas (Dutton Street and Laurel Gardens) have been already
dealt with, and Public Inquiry by the Ministry of Health is now
pending regarding the Prince of Orange Lane, Woods Cottages,
Felma Court, Prince of Wales Cottages and Collington Street Areas.
In addition your Medical Officer was called upon to give
evidence in support of the London County Council at the Public
Inquiry relating to the Eastney Street Area (79 houses) and Lamb
Lane Area (29 houses).
The provision of new dwellings for rehousing the families who
will be displaced is being steadily maintained, but the necessity
of providing these new dwellings on sites near their work is always
a difficulty, apart altogether from the question of rents.
Particulars as to future development by the Council are shown
in the following table:—
Site
Premises to be
erected
Estimated
Cost
Victoria Road (Charlton)
51-Flats
£
26,403
Charlton Lane
16-Houses
7,995
Victoria Road (Bramhope)
36-Flats
21,420
Floyd Road (Charlton)
80-Flats
45,668
Lamb Lane (W. Greenwich)
94-Flats
47,394
At the end of the year the erection of the fifty-one Flats in
Victoria Road was well in hand, and it is anticipated the whole
will be occupied early in 1936.
Since last year the Borough Council has erected sixteen Flats
(Meridian House) with accommodation for ninety-three persons,
the London County Council, eighty-eight Flats in St. Nicholas,
Deptford, whilst private enterprise has provided a further 490