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and on 24th January, 1928, the Council agreed under section 47 of the Housing
Act, 1925, to pay a moiety (£2,749) of the compensation payable to the compensation
authority under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910, in the case of one of the
two licences.
In order to comply with the conditions under which they receive their pensions,
the pensioners of Sir John Evelyn's Charity, at present living in the area, will be
afforded the opportunity of continuing to reside in the ecclesiastical parish of St.
Nicholas, Deptford.
During the year the Council accepted the offer of the London Electric Supply
Corporation, Limited, to install electric lighting in the tenements in Watergate Houses
and of the South Metropolitan Gas Company to install gas for cooking and heating,
in each case free of cost to the Council.
the scheme for dealing with the Ossulston-street area, St. rancras (about
8 acres), involves the displacement of about 2,557 persons of the working class and
the confirming order requires that rehousing accommodation for not fewer than
that number shall be provided within the area. The name Ossulston estate has
been selected for the area when reconstructed.
The area naturally divides itself into three sections—the northern, between
Hampden-street and Phoenix-street; the central, between Phœnix-street and Christ
Church and its school; and the southern, between Christ Church and Weir's-passage.
On 1st February, 1928, the Minister of Health (the Right Honourable Neville
Chamberlain, M.P.) laid the foundation stone of the dwellings to be erected on the
area, the stone being on the central section.
On 6th March and 10th July, 1928, the Council approved a capital estimate
of £66,500 for the erection of dwellings on the central section of the area. These
dwellings will vary in height from three to six storeys and will contain 87 workingclass
tenements with accommodation for 550 persons, 14 lock-up shops, accommodation
for a maternity and child welfare centre and a Salvation Army meeting hall.
These dwellings will be provided with a central hot water system and an installation
for cooking and heating, as well as lighting, by electricity. The tender of J. E.
Billings and Company, Limited, amounting to £55,468, for the building work was
accepted, and at the end of the year the work was well in hand.
On 18th December, 1928, the Council approved a capital estimate of £24,920
for the erection of the first portion of dwellings, to comprise 39 tenements with
accommodation for 234 persons, on the northern section of the area, and the work
is to be carried out by J. E. Billings and Company, Limited, as an extension of
their contract for the development of the central section of the area.
On 30th October, 1928, the Council decided to lease a site on the area to the St.
Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council for the erection of a transformer sub-station
in connection with the supply of electricity to the dwellings.
The Council on 8th November, 1927, decided to enter into agreements with
the respective owners of two fully licensed public-houses on the area for the reinstatement
of the premises on other sites in the area. To enable effect to be given
to these proposals the Minister of Health, on 11th May, 1928, issued the necessary
amending Order, entitled the London County Council (Ossulston-street Improvement
Scheme) Order 1926 Amendment Order, 1928.
Ossulston-
street
scheme.
The China-walk, etc., scheme deals with four unhealthy areas known as
the China-walk area, Lambeth; the Hatfield-street and Hankey-place areas,
Southwark; and the Wyndham-road area, Camberwell. The scheme, as confirmed
by the Minister in 1927, requires accommodation to be provided for
3,350 persons, of whom not fewer than 2,200 are to be accommodated within the
areas included in the scheme, leaving a balance of accommodation for 1,150 persons
to be provided elsewhere. Accommodation for 958 persons has been provided on
Kennings-estate, Kennington.
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China walk,
etc. scheme.