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as a clearance area or part of a clearance area under the
Housing Act, 1930.
The Council decided that the area should be declared a
clearance area under the Housing Act, 1930, 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 is nine.
Action pending.
Montagu Street Area.—In November, 1936, I submitted
an official representation with respect to the area
known as the Montague Street Area.
The area is .07 acres in extent and comprises seven brickbuilt,
two-storey dwellings. The buildings are old and worn
out; the brickwork in part is defective; there is rising dampness
in every house and dampness from rainwater guttering,
roofs, and brickwork; the lighting and ventilation is
generally bad; the woodwork generally is decayed and a
large number of other insanitary conditions exist. The area
is lacking in air space at the rear.
In a letter (6/11/36) the London County Council intimates
that it does not itself intend to deal with the area
as a clearance area or part of a clearance area under the
Housing Act, 1930.
The Council decided that the Area should be declared a
clearance area under the Housing Act, 1930, 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 is 26.
Action pending.