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Housing Accommodation : Preferential Treatment.
During the year 167 (274) medical certificates were referred to
me by the Borough Director of Housing for "pointing." This
arrangement enables the necessary degree of preference to be given
to each certificate as well as bringing to notice sanitary defects which
might otherwise have escaped detection and in respect of which no
previous complaint had been received.
Slum Clearance Programme.
During the year the following London County Council
Compulsory Purchase Orders were confirmed by the Minister of
Housing and Local Government on the dates shown—
L.C.C. (Edensor Gardens, Paddington) Order, 1956-—
20th June, 1957.
L.C.C. (North Wharf Road, Paddington) Order, 1956—
11th September, 1957.
L.C.C. (Clarendon Crescent, Paddington) Order, 1956—
5th November, 1957.
On the 9th December, 1957, the London County Council made
the London County Council (Brindley Road, Paddington) Compulsory
Purchase Order, 1957.
On the 4th July, 1957, the Paddington Borough Council declared
an area, to be known as the Braithwaite Place and Adpar Street
Area, a clearance area. The area consists of 8-11 (consec.) Adpar
Street, 32-38 (even) and 7-25 and 29-35 (odd) Hall Place, 1-9 (consec.)
Hall Place West, 2-13 (consec.) Braithwaite Place and 168-174 (even)
Church Street.
The area is approximately 1.316 acres in extent and the properties
comprise 45 dwelling houses and two shops with residential upper
parts (one shop being derelict).
At the end of the year the Council were preparing a compulsory
purchase order to be known as the Paddington Borough Council
(Braithwaite Place and Adpar Street) Compulsory Purchase Order,
1958, which was to be made early in 1958. The order included the
lands in the clearance area and about 0.693 acres of adjoining lands
to be acquired. In addition the Council already own some 0.362
acres in the area. It is anticipated that about 210 families will be