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Housing. 95
Closing Orders and Underground Rooms.
I submitted official Representations for Closing Orders to
to be made on 14 Underground Rooms, two in each of the following
seven houses:—
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, Jews Row and 4, Church Row—All in
Wandsworth.
Closing Orders were made by the Council and they were complied
with before the end of the year.
The Closing Orders made in 1937, on 1, 2, 3, and 5, Grove
Road Mews, Clapham, have now been complied with and these
mews flats are closed.
18 underground rooms which were unfit for habitation
were closed by the owners after they had been notified that the
rooms were unfit for habitation, and did not comply with the
Underground Rooms Regulations. 61 underground rooms, where
the conditions were similar, have been altered by the owners,
and have now been passed as fit for occupation.
Abatement of Overcrowding.
Henry Prince Estate.
This site, approximately 9.88 acres in extent, is being developed
by the Council for the re-housing of families in the Borough living
under overcrowded conditions, and accommodation will be
provided for over 1,700 persons. 21 blocks of flats, four storeys
in height, containing 272 dwellings, are being erected. These
will consist of:—
4 one room flats.
36 three room flats.
88 four room flats.
132 five room flats.
12 six room flats.
Eighty of these flats have now been completed and are
in occupation.