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24 Housing
Areas in Clapham South: Five areas in Clapham South were
represented on 16th November, 1934. They were declared Clearance
Areas on 22nd January, 1935, and cleared between 1936 and
1939. One hundred and sixty-six houses were involved and the
site was developed by the Council. Two smaller Areas, comprising
24 houses, were cleared in 1934 and subsequently developed by
the Council. Sixteen other houses during the same year were also
cleared by private owners who developed the sites in various ways.
Three more areas in Tooting were represented together in
January, 1935, and declared Clearance Areas the following May.
They were cleared in 1936 and the Council developed the site.
Seventeen other properties in all parts of the Borough were also
cleared and developed by private owners in 1935.
The largest area represented in 1937 consisted of 28 houses in
Salvador Road, Tooting (16th February, 1937, declared a Clearance
Area 21st April, 1937), which were cleared during the latter
half of the year and in 1938. The owner subsequently developed
the site. A group of 16 houses in Putney, the Sadlers Buildings
Area, was also declared a Clearance Area in October, 1937, and
cleared two years later. The site was due for development by the
Council. Several other houses in all parts of the Borough were
represented in 1937 and the sites were afterwards developed by the
owners.
Lack of space precludes a detailed description of all insanitaryproperties
cleared up to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Mention should be made, however, of the Point Pleasant Areas,
which included a combined total of 60 houses. They were represented
in October, 1937, and most of them had been demolished
by 1940. The owners, the Aluminium Plant and Vessel Company,
made use of the sites to extend their factory.
Twenty-three houses in the Cubitts Cottages Area, in the
Springfield Ward, were represented in October, 1937, but owing to
the war the site was not finally cleared until 1946, when the
Council undertook to develop it. Work was also delayed on the
Weimar Street, Putney, area (represented 1st October, 1937) and
the Oldridge Road Area (represented 29th March, 1938). These