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Hampstead 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Rest for Horses. It has a total area of about 18½ acres. On the
basis of 16 dwellings to the acre, this would provide for 296 houses
and therefore satisfy the five-years' programme of 298 dwellings.
Subsequent to the close of the year under review the Council
decided to approve in principle of a scheme for the provision
of houses on the general basis outlined above, and resolved that a
Compulsory Purchase Order be made and sealed and submitted to
the Ministry of Health for confirmation.
Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts, 1899—1923.
No advances were made during the year by the Council to assist
in the purchase of houses under the provisions of these Acts.
County Council Housing Estates.
| Number of houses at the Wormholt Estate at the disposal of the Borough Council by payment to the L.C.C. of a yearly subsidy of £7 per house | 77 |
| Number of houses at the Watling Estate at the disposal of the Borough Council under similar arrangements | 23 |
| Watling | 60 |
| Tottenham | 3 |
| Downham | 1 |
| Morden | 16 |
| Total | 180 |
The total number of families removed from Hampstead to County
Council houses since 1927 is 206, involving 1,110 persons. The
additional 26 families are accounted for by changes in tenancies at the
subsidy houses (6 at Watling and 20 at Wormholt), the Borough
Council having the right to nominate tenants for any of the 100
subsidised houses which become vacant. These are the only houses
for which the Borough Council can nominate fresh tenants when they
become vacant.