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(1) Special Areas.
Monkton Street Area. There is nothing new to report in connection
with this area. Nos. 41, 43, 45 and 53, Monkton Street are still
occupied, though no rents are being collected by the owners. These
four houses are the property of the Lambeth Board of Guardians, and
are required in connection with the improvement of the existing
Infirmary premises. Trowes Place (Nos. 4 and 5) are also the property
of the Lambeth Board of Guardians, and Closing Orders are still
outstanding on the houses which are occupied. These two houses
also form part of the Guardians' Lambeth Infirmary Scheme.
In this connection, the Borough Council has undertaken to re-house
the occupiers of the above-mentioned houses as a condition of the
Borough Council taking over the Prince's Road Workhouse as a
building site for working-class dwellings. Fortunately, this Prince's
Road Workhouse site has now been taken over by the Borough
Council and the new dwellings or tenements will shortly be erected
thereon (108 in number), with a fixed bath to be provided in a separate
bathroom, in each case.
(2) Private Development Schemes.
(a) Duchy of Cornwall.
There is nothing new to report during 1925.
(b) Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
There is nothing new to report during 1925.
General Considerations.
The new Housing Act, 1925, was passed on April 9th, 1925, and
came into force on July 1st, 1925. Future systematic house tc
house inspections and surveys, with the serving of schedules and
notices under Section 28 of the old 1909 Housing Act, will be made
under Section 3 of the new Housing Act, 1925. It may be useful
therefore, to place on record the details of work carried out by the
Housing Inspectors since their appointments up to and including
December 31st, 1925, a period of 5—6 years, as follows
1. Inspections made 2966
2. Works completed or houses closed—
(а) under provisional schedules 2385
(b) under legal schedules or notices 84
2469
3. Works not yet completed or not yet commenced—
(а) under provisional schedules 472
(b) under legal schedules or notices 25
497