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The site will provide accommodation for the following:—
One two-roomed flat.
Eleven three-roomed flats.
Six four-roomed flats.
Five five-roomed flats.
One six-roomed flat.
In addition three shops will be provided.
The type of dwellings proposed on both sites is normally four
storeys high, and known as the "Cottage on Cottage" type; the absence
of bedrooms on ground or balcony floors makes this arrangement
attractive, and no rooms are overshadowed or overlooked by or from
access balconies; an added advantage is that the bedrooms are separated
horizontally from each other by the living-rooms, etc., making for
quietness in each flat in normal conditions. The bedrooms generally
are approached from the entrance lobbies and landings, and the livingrooms
are mostly planned with the entrance from the lobby in a recess
communicating with the scullery, giving direct access to the latter
without breaking up the wall space by an extra door.
The Committee proposed to utilise the dwellings on both the sites
entirely for the relief of overcrowding and to apply for Government
and London County Council subsidies.
The Council at its meeting on 22nd July approved the Schemes
in principle and authorised the Housing Committee to obtain and submit
the necessary plans, specifications and tenders for proceeding with
the Schemes.
Overcrowding.
On 17th June, 1937, the Minister of Health, in exercise of his
powers under Section 68 of the Housing Act, 1936, issued the Operation
of Overcrowding Provisions Order (No. 2) fixing the 1st of July,
1937, as the "appointed day" for the purposes of Section 62 of the
Act (which provides for entry in rent books or similar documents of
a summary in the prescribed form of certain provisions of the Act
relating to overcrowding within six months therefrom), and 1st of
January, 1938, as the "appointed day" for the purposes of Sections 59