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Islington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1930]
houses specified for human habitation until, in the judgment of the Local Authority,
the houses are rendered fit for that purpose.
I herewith append a detailed description of the houses and their appurtenances.
Your obedient Servant,
G. Clark Trotter, M.D., D.P.H., F.R.S.E.
Medical Officer of Health,
Metropolitan Borough of Islington.
At the beginning of September the Medical Officer of Health was able further
to report that the Closing Orders made by the Borough Council on the 16th May,
1930, had been complied with. All the premises were demolished by the owner.
RE-CONDITIONING OF HOUSES.
Notices were served under section 17 of the Housing Act of 1930 in respect of
a dwelling house in Caledonian Road. As the Council was satisfied that the house
mentioned was occupied or was of a type suitable for occupation by persons of the
working classes and was unfit for human habitation, notices were served on the
owner of the property in respect of the particulars, which were set out in a separate
schedule. This notice involved the sending out of four other similar notices to
interested parties according to the requirements of the Act. The work was not
completed at the close of the year, and falls to be reported on finally later.
The number of houses or flats provided by the Islington Borough Council, the London County Council and by private enterprise in the Borough, was as follows:—
| 1919 to 1929. | 1930 | Total since 1919. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of houses or flats provided by the Islington Borough Council | 745 | 152 | 897 |
| Number of flats provided by the London County Council | 371 | nil | 371 |
| Number of houses or flats provided by private enterprise | 352 | 1 | 353 |
| 1,468 | 153 | 1,621 |
Particulars of houses or flats provided under the Council's Housing Schemes
| 1919 to 1929. | 1930. | Total since 1919. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halton Mansions (8 more flats to be erected on lease of two houses falling in during 1932). | 160 | — | 160 |
| City Mansions | 47 | — | 47 |
| Queen's Mansions | 44 | — | 44 |
| Warltersville Mansions | 46 | — | 46 |
| Manchester Mansions | 31 | — | 31 |
| Addington Mansions | 107 | — | 107 |
| Avenell Mansions | — | 40 | 40 |
| Leyden Mansions | — | 111 | 111 |
| 435 | _ | 586 | |
| *Conversion of 16 houses into | 61 dwellings | 1 | 62 |
| Tyndale Mansions | 102 | — | 102 |
| Laycock Mansions | 132 | — | 132 |
| Houses, etc., Highbury Station Road | 15 | — | 15 |
| 745 | 152 | 897 |
*Includes :—27, Rupert Road
8, Barnsbury Street
27 and 25, Canonbury Villas
2, Highbury Grange
Not converted