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[1930

* Appointment of temporary Rat Officer terminated 15th June, 1923.
HOUSING.
The representation made by the Medical Officer of Health on the 5th April,
1929, under the Housing Act of 1925, then in force, in reference to a portion of the
south side of Georges Road and a rectangular area bounded on the south by
Georges Road and the east by Hope Street, on the north by Eden Grove and on
the west by that part now called Eden Grove which was formerly termed Grove
Street, has not so far materialised. The area was dealt with at some length in the
Medical Officer of Health's Annual Report for 1929. It is understood that some
action has been taken by the London County Council as regards the purchase of
some of the properties in the area, and that the area itself may be dealt with when
certain difficulties have been overcome.
In regard to the Housing Act of 1930, sections 25 and 31, during the year the
Borough Council were negotiating with the Marquess of Northampton for the
purchase of a site in the Borough comprising 1¼ acres, for the purpose of a housing
scheme on which it is proposed to erect 92 dwellings. On the site of Nos. 27 and
28, Canonbury Villas, when the lease expires in September, 1932, it is contemplated
to erect 8 flats.
In regard to clearance areas, improvement areas, and individual houses in the
Borough which may require to be demolished, it was not found possible to undertake
a survey towards the end of the year under review, and such was left over
for 1931.
HOUSES UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.—CLOSING ORDER.
The Medical Officer of Health in April reported on Nos. 15, 19 and 21, Maygood
Street. A survey had been made of these premises and a schedule of the
dilapidations, both internal and external, was prepared, and the following representation
was made:—
Town Hall, Upper Street, N.l.
Ist May, 1930.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
I beg to make representation as the result of visitation of the dwelling houses
15, 19 and 21, Maygood Street, that these dwelling houses are in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation, and I ask
that the Local Authority shall make, a Closing Order prohibiting the use of the