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Hampstead 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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A Public Local Inquiry was held at the Hampstead Town Hall
on the 8th and 9th February, 1937, by E. E. Hall, Esq., an Inspector
of the Ministry of Health, at which the Medical Officer of Health gave
evidence and the Ministry on 26th November confirmed the Orders
made by the London County Council.
The County Council has decided that in view of the limited
amount of new accommodation available in the north-west district of
London, it is proposed to utilise the whole of the accommodation to
be provided in the Kilburn Vale Areas for re-housing purposes in
connection with clearance operations under the Housing Acts which
takes precedence over the abatement of overcrowding.
County Council Housing Estates.
The following figures relate to families removed to London County Council Estates since 1927, through the action of the Borough Council:—
| 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 | 62 |
| Number of houses at the Watling Estate at the disposal of the Borough Council under similar arrangements | 38 |
| Number of houses occupied under special arrangements with the L.C.C. for relief of overcrowding:— | |
| Watling | 89 |
| Tottenham | 4 |
| Downham | 1 |
| Morden | 20 |
| Kenton | 7 |
| Hanwell | 2 |
| Total | 223 |
The total number of families removed from Hampstead to County
Council houses since 1927, through action by the Borough Council, is
280 involving 1,493 persons. The additional 57 families are accounted
for by changes in tenancies at the subsidy houses (19 at Watling and
38 at Wormholt), the Borough Council having the right to nominate
tenants for any of the 100 subsidised houses which become vacant.