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In 71 cases tenants have taken more rooms than they previously
occupied, and consequently pay more rent than they did formerly. In
8 cases, however, the families being small, they have been able to
take a smaller number of rooms than they previously occupied, and in
49 cases they occupy a similar number of rooms, but with the addition
in each case of a scullery.
Millbank Estate.—The opening for occupation of Gainsborough
Buildings, Millbank Estate, in August, completed the erection of
dwellings on that estate by the London County Council. In all,
17 blocks of dwellings have been built, providing accommodation for
4,430 persons. The blocks contain 2 tenements of 1 room, 484 tenements
of 2 rooms, 392 tenements of 3 rooms, 16 tenements of 4 rooms, and
1 tenement of 5 rooms.
Lawrence Buildings (296 persons) and Morland Buildings (300
persons), were opened in May; Wilkie (300 persons), in July; and
Gainsborough (396 persons), in August.
The Housing Committee of the London County Council think that
it may be interesting to know from what districts the tenants on the
estate have come. Of the 895 tenements no fewer than 588, or 65.6
per cent., have been occupied by persons who have moved from other
parts of Westminster. This number includes 22 tenants who have been
displaced from the area of the Westminster Embankment improvement,
and 3 who have been displaced from the Clare Market area. As
tenements become vacant further tenants are being accepted from the
area of the Westminster Embankment improvement. Of the remaining
307 tenants, 97 came from Lambeth, 36 from Battersea, 22 from
Camberwell, 20 each from Chelsea and Southwark, 16 from St. Pancras,
14 from Fulham, 12 from Paddington, 9 each from Kensington and St.
Marylebone, and 31 from other metropolitan boroughs; while 21 came
from districts outside the County of London. These latter were only
accepted as tenants at times when there was a dearth of applicants for
tenements. The above information has been prepared on information
given by the tenants in occupation of the dwellings on October, 1st,
1902.
Perambulator and Bicycle Sheds.—It was represented to the County
Council that great convenience would accrue to the tenants by the
provision of sheds in which perambulators or bicycles could be kept,
and consequently they erected, at a cost of about £250, 50 sheds of such
a size as to accommodate either a perambulator or a bicycle. Each
shed is let at 3d. per week.
A central garden and other smaller gardens have been laid out and
planted at a cost of £2,850.
.Turner.s Court.—The 11 houses on which I reported fully in my