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the sub-committee of the Public Health Committee. The subcommittee
were in agreement with the views of the Council's Sanitary
Inspectors that certain properties should be dealt with by clearance
areas.
It is not possible at the present time to determine a time-table
for the initiation, progress, and completion of action in relation to
these areas. This will be settled after consultation and collaboration
with the London County Council. The Ministry of Health, in the
circular under consideration, suggest that all areas requiring clearance
should be dealt with not later than 1938, although they point out
that the area and population of the County of London are large in
comparison with those in any other urban aggregation, and the
effort required by the Metropolitan Borough Councils and the
London County Council will be greater, and the time needed to
remedy the present deficiencies will be larger in proportion.