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The Council decided that the area should be declared
a clearance area under the Act, that the owners should
be required to demolish the properties in the area, and
that the Council should impose suitable restrictions and
conditions 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 according to a recent count was 42.
In August, 1936, the Minister of Health issued an Order
confirming the Clearance Order made by the Council,
entitled "The Hammersmith (Britannia Court) Housing
Confirmation Order, 1936."
Bannisters Cottages Areas.—In June, 1936,1 submitted
official representations with respect to two areas known as
the Bannisters Cottages (Nos. 1 and 2) Areas.
The areas were situated on the north side of Uxbridge
Boad between Adelaide Boad and Willow Yale. A roadway
running through the areas from Uxbridge Boad to a building
in Willow Yale formed a cul-de-sac.
The areas were .93 acres in extent, and comprised 22
brick-built, two-storey buildings; 14 consisted of two rooms
and wash-house, six of four rooms and wash-house, one of
four rooms (one of which was a combined kitchen and washhouse),
and one of four rooms and outhouse which consisted
of wash-house and kitchen. The buildings were old and
worn out, much of the brickwork was bulged, settled or
crumbled, and much of the rendering and pointing was
defective. There-was rising dampness in every house, and
dampness from defective roofs, rain-water guttering and
brickwork; the lighting and ventilation was generally bad,
and none of the houses was provided with means of artificial
lighting; the woodwork generally was decayed, and
a large number of other insanitary conditions existed.
The Council decided that the areas should be declared
clearance areas under the Act, that the owners should