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Greenwich 1952

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

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Determined efforts by the Council to overcome the lack of housing accommodation in the Borough is shown by the following table, which gives an indication of the dwellings in the course of construction at the end of the current year:—

SiteDwellings
Ashburnham Place12
Beaconsfield Road60
Charlton Village6 (and 4 shops)
Elliscombe Road12
Invicta Road18
Kinveachy Gardens16
Plumbridge Street13 (and 9 shops)

Whilst perhaps not finally confirmed, the following additions and extensions have been envisaged by the Council:—

SiteDwellings
Blackheath Hill22
Bramhope Lane2
Charlton Village3 (and 3 shops)
Coldbath Street88
Humber Road/Ruthin RoadNot yet determined
Kidbrooke Grove„ „ „
Littleheath„ „ „
Ormiston Road8
Pond Road101
Roan StreetNot yet determined
Tuskar Street4
Woolwich Road8

Procedure under Housing Act, 1936.—The following
representations were made under Part II of the above Act during
1952 :—
Section 11.—Houses unfit for human habitation and not capable
at reasonable expense of being rendered so fit.
11, Woodlands Grove, S.E.10.
35a, Trafalgar Grove, S.E.10.
36, Trafalgar Grove, S.E.10.
37, Trafalgar Grove, S.E.10.
62, Guildford Grove, S.E.10.
201, Maryon Road, S.E.7.
13, Sigismund Street, S.E.10.
15, Sigismund Street, S.E.10.