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London County Council 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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A.—Non-Assisted Schemes.
This section comprises the accounts of schemes carried out by the Council
without financial assistance from the State. The section includes all schemes,
whether for the clearance of unhealthy areas or for the erection of dwellings and,
as regards the latter, whether they have been erected under the provisions of the
Housing Acts, or to provide the rehousing accommodation required by Acts
authorising street improvements and other works. This year it also includes
transactions in regard to advances under Section 92 of the Housing Act, 1925,
hitherto provided for under the Assisted (1923) Scheme. With the exception of
Calverley House and Hornsey Rise estate, which have been provided to rehouse
persons displaced from properties acquired for school sites, and Bush Green House,
provided to rehouse persons displaced from property acquired for a street improvement,
the whole of the non-assisted dewllings were erected prior to the enactment
of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919.
Clearance schemes.—In the year 1925-26, the deficiency on clearance schemes,
mainly debt charges on the capital cost of acquiring and clearing the sites, establishment
charges, and items in connection with surplus property, was £45,363 14s. 5d.,
and this sum has been charged to the special countv rate account.
| Dwellings— | 1925-26. | 1924-25. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Act, 1925— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Part II. | Surplus | 22,874 | 19 | 4 | Surplus | 22,371 | 11 | 7 |
| Part III. | Surplus | 27,654 | 1 | 7 | Surplus | 27,309 | 5 | 5 |
| Total—Housing Act | Surplus | 50,529 | — | 11 | Surplus | 49,680 | 17 | — |
| Improvement, etc., Acts | Surplus | 14,614 | 2 | 10 | Surplus | 15,053 | 16 | 8 |
| 65,143 | 3 | 9 | 64,734 | 13 | 8 | |||
| Advances under section 92 of the Act | Surplus | *4,620 | 6 | 6 | Deficiency | |||
| Total—Non-assisted schemes | Surplus | 69,763 | 10 | 3 | Surplus | 64,549 | 6 | |
The surplus (£50,529 -s. 11d.) for 1925-26 on the dwellings erected under the
Housing Act, with the balance brought forward at 1st April, 1925 (£94,229 Is.),
which was held in reserve, together amount to £144,758 Is. 11d. Of this sum
£29,553 7s. 2d. is applied to meet the deficiencies for the year 1925-26 in respect
of certain operations under the Assisted (1923) Scheme, the balance (£115,204
14s. 9d.) being carried forward as a reserve towards meeting the deficiencies which
will arise on future housing operations of the Council under the Act of 1923.
The net surplus for the year on dwellings erected under Improvement, etc., Acts, is £14,614 2s. 10d. and is disposed of as follows:—
| Surpluses transferred—- | £ | 8. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| To General County Account—Sundry Improvements | 15,368 | — | 2 |
| To Tramways Account—Rehousing, Greenwich power station site | 104 | 11 | — |
| 15,472 | 11 | 2 | |
| Deficiency charged to Education Account—Rehousing, sundry school sites | 858 | 8 | 4 |
| 14,614 | 2 | 10 |
The operations under section 92 of the Act of 1925 show a "surplus" (see note
*below) for the year of £4,620 6s. 6d. There was a deficiency at the beginning of
the year of £185 9s. 2d., and it is proposed to carry forward to the year 1926-27
the net balance of £4,434 17s. 4d.
*The "surplus" for the year consists mainly of the amount by which the sums received in
advance for survey fees and expenses exceed the costs incurred during the year and is carried
forward as a balance on the account to meet the costs arising in the following year.