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28 Housing
Clearance of Insanitary Houses.
Saxby Street Area.—It has not yet been possible to complete
the clearance of this area which was declared in March, 1938, and
approved by the Minister of Health after a public enquiry held in
October of that year.
Of the 93 red houses in the area, 64 are still occupied.
The Weimar Street area, taken over by the London County
Council and declared by that authority in December, 1938, has
now been cleared and all the houses in it are demolished.
Most of the occupiers of the 26 houses in the North Passage
Area, declared a Clearance Area in June, 1939, have now been
rehoused. Four of the houses are still occupied.
The Demolition Orders on 68 and 70 Garratt Lane made in
November, 1947, have been complied with.
During the year Closing Orders were made on the basement
flats at 5 Melrose Road, and 130 Merton Road, and on a cellar
dwelling at 4 Rosebery Road. These Orders have been complied
with.
In 1947 the Council made Closing Orders on 17 basement flats
in Byrne Road. Two of these basements are still occupied as it
has not been possible to find suitable accommodation for the
occupiers. Fourteen of the flats are unoccupied and in one—1
Byrne Road—the Closing Order has been determined as the owner
has made it fit for habitation.
In a further eight of the Byrne Road basements, no Closing
Orders were made as the Council accepted undertakings from the
owners to do the necessary works. In five of these the work was
carried out shortly afterwards, one has been closed voluntarily and
two are still occupied, and it has not been possible for the work
to be done.
23 Elms Road.—In 1934 a Closing Order was made on a
bedroom in the basement of this house and the order was complied
with at once. The Closing Order was determined in October,
1949, at the owner's request, following reconstruction of the whole
basement of this house.