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the Minister of Health issued an Order entitled the London (Tabard-street, etc.)
(Housing of the Working Classes) Amendment Order, 1926, to give effect to the
proposal.
In place of the 25 cottages to be erected under the original scheme, the Council
proposes to erect upon the detached portion of the estate in Law-street, two blocks
of dwellings, of which one is to be of the normal five-storev type to accommodate
192 persons and the other of the simplified type of construction (particulars of this
type of dwelling are set out in the Annual Report of the Council, 1925, Vol. III.,
pp. 189-90) to accommodate 144 persons.
The weekly net rents (exclusive of rates and water charges) for accommodation
at Strood House, a building of the simplified type of construction provided on
Tabard Garden estate as part of the rehousing accommodation under the Hickman'sfolly
scheme, have been fixed on the basis of the rents charged for accommodation
on other parts of the estate—viz., Ground and third floors—Four rooms, 14s. 6d. to
15s. 6d.; five rooms, 17s.; First and second floors—Four rooms, 15s. to 16s.; five
rooms, 17s. 6d.
During 1926 a site on the estate was let on lease for 99 years at a rent of £100,
for the erection of a hostel for women or married couples. On 9th November, 1926,
the Council decided to invite tenders from selected firms for the erection on a strip
of land in Manciple-street, of four lock-up shops and four workshops of an inexpensive
character, for letting to small traders and shopkeepers occupying premises
on the Tabard-street area.
The Brady-street scheme, under Part II of the Housing Act, 1890, relates to
an area of about 7 acres in the metropolitan borough of Bethnal Green. About
1,875 persons of the working classes will be displaced, and accommodation has
to be provided for 1,600 persons on the cleared site and for 265 persons elsewhere.
In part fulfilment of the rehousing obligation under the scheme, a block of dwellings
known as Whiston House, containing 12 tenements to accommodate 90 persons,
has been erected by the Council at Goldsmith's-row, Shoreditch, and 35 cottages
with accommodation for 175 persons have been provided on a site at Walthamstow
by the freeholders of a large part of the property required for the clearance scheme.
The first block of dwellings (Bullen House) to be erected on the improvement
area, named Collingwood estate, was completed in 1923, and the second block
(Pellew House), which consists of 48 tenements, was completed during 1925. The
third block (Fremantle House), containing accommodation for 294 persons in
48 tenements, was completed during the year under review.
On 22nd June, 1926, the Council fixed the weekly net rents (exclusive of rates
and water charges) for accommodation at Fremantle House as follows : Ground
floor—Two rooms, 9s. ; three rooms, 10s. 6d. to 11s. ; four rooms, 13s. First and
second floors—two rooms, 9s. 6d.; three rooms, 11s. to 11s. 6d.; four rooms, 13s. 6d.
Third and fourth floors—three rooms, 10s. 6d. to 11s. 6d.; four rooms, 12s. 6d. to
13s.; five rooms, 14s. 6d.
Arrangements for the erection of the fourth block of dwellings (Codrington
House) were in progress at the end of the vear.
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scheme.
The scheme for dealing with the Ware-street area, Hoxton (8½ acres), under
Part I. of the Housing Act, 1890, involves the displacement of about 2,648 persons
of the working classes, and the scheme as confirmed by the Minister of Health requires
rehousing accommodation to be provided for that number, of which not fewer than
2,160 are to be accommodated within the area. Rehousing accommodation for
378 persons has been provided in 72 three-storey cottage flats on White Hartlane
estate, Tottenham. The first block of dwellings (Archer House) to be erected
on the reconstructed area (to be known as Whitmore estate), with accommodation
for 228 persons in 39 tenements, was completed in 1925. The extension of
Archer House by the provision of 12 additional tenements (33 rooms) and the
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scheme.