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Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.
No certificates were issued under the above Acts.
Unhealthy Area.
The West Ferry Road and Orchard Place areas were represented to
the London County Council in 1919.
On account of the Thames flooding in January, the London County
Council were pressed to consider dealing with these areas.
In November, intimation was received from the London County
Council that the Housing Committee were prepared to recommend the
Council to make a scheme under Part II of the Housing Act, 1925, in
respect of the portion of the West Ferry Road area on the north-eastern
side of that road (including Ingleheim Cottages). This excluded the
portion of the West Ferry Road area on the south-western side of that road
which the London County Council considered could be reconditioned.
The Housing Committee however did not see their way under existing
conditions to recommend the Council to deal with the Orchard Place area
by way of a clearance scheme under Part II of the Act.
The area on the north-eastern side of the West Ferry Road was therefore
represented to the London County Council and a copy of the representation
sent to the Ministry of Health. The London County Council at
their meeting on 22nd January, 1929, agreed to the making of an
improvement scheme for this area.
Iundations caused by the Overflowing of the
River Thames.
The areas particularly affected in the exceptional flooding caused by
the overflowing of the River Thames on 7th January, 1928, were:—The
Isle of Dogs and Orchard House area and a few houses in Dace Road in
the northern part of the Borough. There were in all 1,141 houses affected.
Four of the Sanitary Inspectors were taken from their ordinary duties,
and inspections were made of all flooded premises. The amount of
damage caused to personal effects and property varied according to the
level reached by the flood waters, and was most serious in (a) part of
Orchard Place, where the water rose to a height of 7 feet, and (b) part of
West Ferry Road, where heavy mineral oil was added to the flood water
and increased the damage.