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cost of acquisition and clearance. The scheme includes the whole of the represented
area, with the addition, for the purpose of making the scheme efficient, of one house
in Aberdeen-place, a vacant plot of land in Lyons-place, and the remainder of that
thoroughfare. The total area included in the scheme will be about 8 acres. An
agreement will be entered into with the St. Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council
to provide for the annual loss on the scheme, including the provision of rehousing
accommodation to be shared, after allowing for the State contribution, in the proportion
of two-fifths by the Council and three-fifths by the Metropolitan Borough
Council. The scheme will be duly submitted to the Minister of Health for confirmation.
E..st Hill
estate.
Last Hill estate, AVandsworth (8 acres), was purchased in 1924 for the purpose of
providing accommodation for rehousing purposes in connection with the clearance
of unhealthy areas. Accommodation for 3,254 persons in 13 blocks of dwellings will
be provided on the estate, to be allocated to various clearance schemes as indicated
in the Annual Report for 1926 (Vol. III., p. 189). By the end of the year, 11 blocks
of dwellings of the normal type with accommodation for 3,014 persons in
492 tenements had been completed.
On 19th .January, 1927, the Council accepted the tender of W. H. Wheeler and
Company, Limited, amounting to £590, for paving the footways adjacent to the first
seven blocks of dwellings ; and on 20th December, 1927, approved a supplemental
capital estimate of £2,700 for paving the remaining footways and finishing the carriage
ways adjacent to all the existing blocks of dwellings on the estate. On 4th May,
1927, the Council accepted the tender of Messrs. Alexander Hawkins and Sons,
amounting to £875, for wiring and fitting block 11 for electric light.
Hornsey-rise
estate.
I he ilornsey Kise estate, Islington (3 acres), was purchased by the Council in
1925 and the accommodation for 1,168 persons which will be provided thereon
has been allocated for rehousing persons of the working class displaced in connection
with the acquisition of properties for the education service. The estate, which comprises
three blocks of dwellings (188 tenements) of the normal type of accommodation,
was nearing completion at the end of 1927.
Kennings
estate.
ivennings estate (White Hart-street site), Kennington (about zj acres), was taken
on building lease for 120 years from the Duchy of Cornwall. It is being developed
by the erection of seven blocks of dwellings to accommodate 958 persons in
169 tenements. The accommodation is to be utilised for rehousing purposes in
connection with the China-walk, etc., scheme. Calstock House and Fowey House,
of the simplified tvpe of accommodation, were completed during the vear.
On 19th January, 1927, the Council accepted the tender of Mr. R. J. Rowley,
amounting to £53,027, for the erection of blocks 3 to 7. These dwellings will contain
105 tenements of the normal type with accommodation for 670 persons.
On 20th December, 1927, the Council approved a supplemental capital estimate
of £375 for the erection of an estate workshop and store. The work will be carried out
as an extension of the contract for the erection of blocks 3 to 7.
Shore estate
Shore estate (Well-street site), South Hackney (3 acres), was taken on building
lease for 99 years from the Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital. On 26th July, 1927,
and 11th October, 1927, the Council approved a capital estimate of £42,977 for the
erection of the first two blocks of dwellings and the construction of a road through
the estate. On the latter date, the tender of Rowley Brothers, Limited, amounting
to £39,748, for the work, was accepted. These two blocks, of which one will be of the
simplified and one of the normal type, will contain accommodation for 508 persons
in 92 tenements.
During the year offers were accepted of (1) the Hackney Metropolitan Borough
Council to instal electric lighting in the tenements free of cost to the Council and
(2) the Gas Light and Coke Company, to instal gas for cooking purposes, etc., at a
charge of £1 a tenement.