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Lodging
houses.
The charges for accommodation in the Council's lodging houses were further
revised and fixed as from May, 1922, as follows:—(a) sleeping accommodation
at Carrington House—Ordinary cubicle, 11d. a night or 6s. a week; special
cubicle, 1s. 2d. a night, or 7s. 6d. a week. (b) barber's and shoemaker's shops at
Bruce House and Carrington House 12s. 6d. a week.
Public Utility
Society
On 11th July, 1922, the Council, in order to assist the Public Utility Society,
Ltd., to provide housing accommodation, decided to make an order for the compulsory
acquisition of the freehold interest in certain land in St. John's Wood,
adjoining Addison House,with a view to selling the same to the society, who accepted
liability for the Council's expenses and the compensation involved. The proposal,
however, encountered the opposition of those interested in the property and the
Minister of Health, after holding a local inquiry, declined to confirm the order.
Publications
The Council has published a fully illustrated account of housing in London up
to 1912* and also a detailed account, with seven illustrations, of its present proposals.†
Workmen's
trains, etc.
The Council’s action with regard to workmen’s trains at cheap fares was dealt
with in the Annual Report for 1920 (vol. I., p. 77). No special action was taken
during 1922.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
ACCOUNTS AND STATISTICS.
Memorandum by the Comptroller of the Council (Mr. C. D. Johnson) relating
to the Housing Accounts for the Year 1922-23.
These accounts are prepared in advance of the Annual Accounts of the Council
for the year ended 31st March, 1923. In order that they may be ready for presentation
to the Council by the time appointed, it has been necessary to insert certain
provisional figures which will be subject to adjustment in the final accounts as prepared
for audit.
The accounts furnish a comprehensive statement of the financial results of the
Council's operations under the Housing of the Working Classes Acts, 1890 to 1919
(Clearance of unhealthy areas and rehousing under Parts I and II, and housing under
Part III of the Act of 1890), and of rehousing under various street improvement,
etc., Acts.
The " Clearance Schemes ” sections of the accounts cover the acquisition and
clearance of unhealthy areas. The “ Working class dwellings ” sections deal with
the dwellings. The capital accounts of dwellings erected in pursuance of an obligation
to rehouse persons displaced include only the “ housing value ” of the sites used,
the balance of the cost of acquiring and clearing the land being regarded as part of
the cost of the clearance or improvement scheme. The capital accounts of the
dwellings on estates under Part III of the Act (schemes to provide accommodation
for persons of the working classes, apart from displacements), include the whole
cost of the sites. The difference in treatment is explained by the desire to set out
clearly the financial results of the Council's management of the dwellings apart
from any other considerations, and by the fact that dwellings under Parts I and II
of the Act and under improvement Acts represent compulsory provision for rehousing
on sites which may be unsuitable from a commercial point of view, whereas the
Council's action under Part III (until the passing of the 1919 Act) was voluntary.
* Housing of the Working Classes, 1855-1912, No. 1555, price Is.
†Housing, No. 2032, price Is.