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Housing Act, 1957—The following procedures were carried
out under Part II of the above Act during 1961.
Underground Rooms—The Council's powers to close underground rooms are provided by Section 18 of the Act of 1957, as
qualified by the Housing (Underground Rooms) Act, 1959. New
regulations for securing the proper ventilation, lighting and the
protection against dampness and effluvia or exhalation of underground rooms received the Minister's approval and became operative on 28th August, 1961.
At the undermentioned property two rooms being rooms,
the surface of the floors of which were more than 3 ft. below
adjoining ground level and not complying with the Local Authority's
Regulations, were considered unfit for human habitation and were
represented as such. In the case of one room approval was given
for its use as a food store.
752 Woolwich Road, S.E.7. (Closing Order.)
Slum Clearance—Under Part III of the Act, three sites comprising some 42 dwellings were represented for slum clearance.
Ministry approval for the Shooter's Hill Road area was obtained
in October but is still awaited for the remaining 2 sites.
Area House. persons to be Families
No. 1 (Shooter's Hill Road) Clearance Area, 1962 2 2(a) 1
No. 2 (Maryon Road) Clearance Area, 1962 8 24(b) 11
No. 3 (Rolfe Road) Clearance Area, 1962 32 108(c) 38
(a) Adults. (b) 19 Adults, 5 Children, (c) 93 Adults, 15 Children.
Redevelopment.—A number of houses which would have been
included in the Council's slum clearance schemes have already been
dealt with by the Trustees of the Morden College Estate in their
own redevelopment schemes. Since the war, and up to the end
of 1961, some 45 houses and a number of prefabricated dwellings
had been demolished and some 91 dwellings and 12 garages had
been erected.
During 1962, the Trustees were responsible for the following
operations :—
Properties Demolished—14/18 (consec.), 34/39 (consec.)
Bennett Grove, 11 dwellings. 1 / 51 (odd) Morden Street, 26
dwellings.
These properties form part of a larger demolition scheme relating to the redevelopment of the Coldbath Estate. Demolition
commenced during 1960 and has continued throughout the current
year as tenants were rehoused.