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this, in the words of one of my visiting colleagues - the best health
exhibition he had seen,
HOUSING
Slum Clearance
No proposals have been made to the Minister of Housing and
Local Government for comprehensive slum clearance for the period up
to and including 1965.
There are various important redevelopment proposals embracing
large areas of the Borough including the Netherwood Street area,
which has in the past been considered for Slum Clearance but was not
at that time representable.
A number of individual linfit premises still remain to be considered
and these will be dealt with as and when the rehousing problem
involved can be dealt with.
Underground Rooms
It is estimated that there are some 4,000 basement or subbasements
in Hampstead which fall within the purview of the new Regulations.
All complaints regarding underground rooms are investigated
with a view to their being brought up to a standard conforming with
the Regulations. This is sometimes impracticable owing to difficulties
of temporarily rehousing occupiers whilst the rooms are rendered fit.
All conversions involving basements are reported upon by the
Public Health Inspectors and opportunity is taken at this stage to make
the rooms comply with the Regulations. As these Regulations are
comparatively new I have again set them out in full to assist architects,
surveyors, builders and others concerned in making underground room
fit,
"REGULATIONS prescribed by the Mayor, Aldermen and
Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead for
securing the proper ventilation and lighting of rooms to
which sub-section (2) of Section 18 of the Housing Act,
1957 applies, and the protection thereof against dampness,
effluvia or exhalation.