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REVIEW OF HOUSING ACTIVITIES DURING 1937.
Great progress has been made during the year under consideration
for the amelioration of housing conditions in Southwark.
Primarily, out of 384 families re-housed from Slum Clearance Areas
by the L.C.C., 333 of these have been accommodated in the Southwark
District. This is extremely gratifying and justifies the Council's slogan
"Southwark Homes for Southwark People."
40 families have been re-housed in new flats at Stopher House by the
City Corporation, and a number of others in flats owned by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners and the Church Army Housing Association, Ltd.
With regard to the Council's own Estates, 49 families have been
dealt with from Slum Areas, and are now occupying homes of which
they can be justly proud. In addition, 47 families were removed from
premises or parts of premises which were the subject of action under
Sections 11 and 12 of the Housing Act, 1936.
The task of re-housing is still going forward with renewed vigour,
and there is every indication that next year will show an even greater
number of families accommodated in decent dwellings, especially when
it is realised that several Slum Areas are ripe for Clearance, and many
others have been represented with a view to Clearance Orders being made.
If the present rate of progress is maintained, I believe I am justified in
saying that in a few years' time Southwark will have the distinction of
being a model Borough in every sense of the word.
Applications for alternative accommodation on medical grounds have
received my special attention, and I give below the number of families
re-housed and the estates to which they have been allocated. In the
great majority of these cases, I have made strong representations to the
L.C.C. for preferential treatment:—
Becontree 24
Morden 80
Downham 29
Bellingham 24
Mottingham 57
Hanwell 11
Central London Estates 136
Other Estates 21
Total 382