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Underground Rooms—Section 18.—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 properties 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.
497, Woolwich Road, S.E.7—Rear Room
746, Woolwich Road, S.E.7—Front and Rear Rooms.
(Closing Orders)
In respect of the following premises, a Closing Order previously
made was determined during the current year.
29, Brand Street, S.E.10. (Closing Order Determined.)
Part of Building—Section 18.—In respect of the following
premises, a Closing Order previously made was determined during
the current year.
82, Selcroft Road, S.E.10. (Closing Order Determined.)
Slum Clearance—Part III of the Act.—Although no new
clearance schemes were undertaken in 1964, the Lansdowne Lane
and Charlton Lane areas represented during the previous year were
confirmed by the Minister (both with minor modifications) in June
and September respectively of the current year.
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 1963, some 107 houses and a number of prefabricated dwellings
had been demolished and some 143 dwellings and 34 garages had
been erected.
During 1964, the Trustees were responsible for the following
operations :—
Properties Demolished—1/21 Pelton Road (11 dwellings) and
41 and 43, Banning Street (2 dwellings).