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while the remainder are three-storey dwellings of only one
room on each floor.
The properties are old, badly arranged, congested,
dilapidated, dark, ill ventilated and lacking in reasonable
sanitary facilities.
The Council decided to declare the Area a Clearance
Area under the Act.
The number of persons of the working classes in
occupation of the buildings was 30.
Hanover Cottages Area.—An official representation was
submitted in October, 1935, with respect to the area known
as Hanover Cottages Area.
The property involved consists of 31 dwelling-houses,
one of which has been converted into two lock-up shops
with a flat above, and covers an area of .466 acres. The
houses forming the area, which are all of a two-storey type,
are congested and have very little air space. In all the
houses there is evidence of rising dampness; and with few
exceptions there is dampness in the upper-floor rooms due
to the defective condition of the roofs, rainwater pipes
and brickwork The Council decided to declare the area a
Clearance Area under the Act, that the owners should be
required to demolish the properties on the Area, and that
the Council should impose suitable restrictions and con—
ditions with regard to the user of the land when cleared of
buildings.
The number of persons of the working classes in occupation
of the buildings was 164.