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by 1945 amounted to almost 100,000 with a present figure substantially
in excess of a quarter of a million. Greenwich, itself, has
not been laggardly in this respect. Before 1945, it had built 6,680
dwellings and by the end of the current year its housing stock, at
21,839, formed almost 30% of the Borough's total. It is interesting
to note that density per dwelling in the Borough over the past
century has fallen from 6.6 persons to 2.9.
Housing Act, 1957
Part II—The following procedures were carried out during
1971:—
(i) Premises Unfit for Human Habitation—Sections 16 and
17.—The undermentioned premises were considered unfit for human
habitation and not capable at reasonable expense of being rendered
fit. Orders were made in respect of the following properties:—
(a) Undertakings
Nil
(b) Closing Orders
4, Godfrey Hill, S.E.18.
1, Manthorp Road, S.E.18.
87a, Marmadon Road, S.E.18.
28, Purrett Road, S.E.18.
32, Reidhaven Road, S.E.18.
133, Reidhaven Road, S.E.18.
76, Sandy Hill Road, S.E.18.
129, Shooters Hill Road, S.E.3.
44, Roan Street, S.E.10.
71, Waverley Road, S.E.18.
(c) Demolition Orders
39, Lansdowne Lane, S.E.7.
(ii) Underground Room(s) and Part of a Building—Section
18.—The Council's powers to close part of a building or an underground
room are provided by this Section and, in respect of the
latter, 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.
No Closing Orders were made under this Section during the
current year.