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The number of Underground Rooms found not to comply with
the requirements in the houses in the allocation above (2), (3) and (4),
totalled 620. They were found to exist in 275 premises. Of these
rooms 195 were found in 136 Tenement Houses.
Kilburn Vale Areas.
An official representation under Section 1 of the Housing Act,
1930, was made by the London County Council with respect to three
areas in Hampstead, known as the Kilburn Vale (Nos. 1 to 3) areas.
It was proposed that the areas should be declared to be clearance areas
under the Act, and that the properties should be acquired, together
with certain additional lands required for re-development purposes.
The properties in the represented portions are mostly of two-storey
cottage type, many with large forecourts or gardens, situated on slightly
sloping ground in narrow streets or cul-de-sac courts. Generally the
properties are old, worn-out and congested, and show sanitary or other
defects. The represented areas are 131 acres in extent and comprise
39 houses (one vacant), including 2 workshops, a garage and 2 stores.
The additional lands are 117 acres in extent and comprise 18 houses,
including 3 shops (one vacant), a beerhouse, a lock-up shop, a shop
and workshop, a shop-fitting works, 3 builders' yards and a garage.
The total area to be dealt with is therefore 2 48 acres and the displacement
of 249 persons of the working classes is involved, of whom 177
are in occupation of houses in the clearance areas and 72 are in occupation
of houses on the additional lands. It is proposed to utilise the
greater portion of the lands for the erection of dwellings for re-housing
purposes.