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The Bromley-place area has to be laid out as an open space and the Baker'salley
area may be disposed of or utilised by the Council for any purpose with the
consent of the Minister of Health. The manner of dealing with the latter area
was being considered at the end of the year.
George'sroad
and
Brand-street
scheme.
The scheme, confirmed by the Minister of Health in 1925, for dealing with the
two unhealthy areas, known as the George's-road and Brand-street areas, Holloway
(4¾ acres), involves the displacement of 1,320 persons of the working classes. Rehousing
accommodation has to be provided for an equal number of persons, of
whom 1,044 will be accommodated on the cleared areas (Ring Cross-estate). Accommodation
for the remaining 276 persons has been provided on Shore-estate, South
Hackney.
Branston and Rollit Houses on the Brand-street area, containing flats for
292 persons, have been completed. On 28th February and 23rd October, 1928, the
Council approved a capital estimate of £66,439 for the erection of two blocks of
dwellings, to be known as Radford and Hartnoll Houses, on the George's-road
area. The buildings will comprise in all 135 tenements (111 of the normal type and
24 of the simplified type) with accommodation for 752 persons. The tender of
Gee, Walker and Slater, Limited, amounting to £62,161, for the building work and
for the work of diverting Milton-place to provide an outlet into George's-road was
accepted. Radford House is due to be completed in October, 1929, and Hartnoll
House in November, 1929.
During the year the Council accepted the offer of the Gas Light and Coke
Company to instal gas for cooking in the tenements of Radford and Hartnoll Houses,
subject to the payment by the Council of £1 a tenement, and of the Islington Metropolitan
Borough Council to lay the necessary cables and to supply electricity for
lighting, provided that the wiring of the tenements was undertaken by the Council.
On 31st July, 1928, the Council decided to appropriate a site on the George'sroad
area for elementary education purposes for the erection of a central and junior
school.
Watergate-
street
scheme.
The Watergate-street scheme deals with an unhealthy area in Deptford and
Greenwich, known as the Watergate-street area, about 7½ acres in extent. The
area adjoins and will form part of an existing housing estate, known as Hughes
Fields-estate. The confirmation Order made in 1926 requires the Council to
provide rehousing accommodation within the area for 1,927 persons. Blake and
Hawkins Houses, with accommodation for 396 persons, have already been built.
On 28th February, 1928, the Council approved a capital estimate of £22,700 in
respect of the erection of the third block of dwellings, to be known as Clinton House,
on the estate. The building will comprise 87 tenements of the normal type with
accommodation for 232 persons. The tender of A. E. Symes, Limited, amounting
to £19,454, for the work was accepted, and the work is due to be completed in
August, 1929.
On 31st July and 23rd October, 1928, the Council approved a capital estimate
of £32,360 for the erection of five further blocks, to be known as Watergate
Houses. The buildings will be three storeys in height, with three-room and fourroom
tenements on each floor, and will comprise in all 48 tenements with accommodation
for 336 persons. The tender of R. J. Rowley, Limited, amounting to
£29,784, was accepted for the building work, which was commenced in November,
1928.
On 15th May, 1928, the Council decided to enter into an agreement for the
re-instatement of one of the three licensed premises on the area, and, in order to
enable effect to be given to the proposal, the Minister of Health made an Order,
dated 14th June, 1928, entitled the County of London (Watergate-street Improvement
Scheme) Order 1926 Amendment Order, 1928. The licences of the two other
licensed premises on the area have been extinguished on the grounds of redundancy,