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under section 47 (2) of the Housing Act, 1925, a contribution from the compensation
fund under the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910. During the year the Council
agreed to the surrender, for addition to the public way, of a strip of land in connection
with the widening of a portion of Hill-street. On 23rd April, 1929, the
Council decided to enter into an agreement with the Rochester and Southwark
Diocesan Church Trust for an exchange of lands in the Blue Anchor-lane area.
Carlisle-
street
scheme.
The scheme made by the Council in 1927 for the clearance of the Carlisle-street
area, St. Marylebone (about 7.92 acres), was confirmed by the Minister of Health
with modifications on 6th February, 1929. The scheme involves the displacement
of 2,632 persons of the working classes, and rehousing accommodation has to be
provided for at least that number of persons, of whom not fewer than 1,800 are to be
accommodated within the area. The annual loss on the scheme is to be borne as to
one-half by the State, as to one third by the St. Marylebone Metropolitan Borough
Council and as to one-sixth by the Council.
In 1928 the Council decided to enter into agreements for exchanges of certain
lands in the Carlisle-street area, subject to confirmation of the scheme by the Minister
of Health. Upon the scheme being confirmed, the Council on 14th May, 1929,
agreed to somewhat similar arrangements with the Keepers and Governors of Harrow
School and Maida Vale Estates, Limited, respectively, with regard to certain other
properties included in the scheme.
It is proposed to erect on the area seven blocks of dwellings of the normal
type comprising in all about 300 tenements with about 920 rooms. It is proposed
also (if suitable arrangements can be agreed with the St. Marylebone Metropolitan
Borough as to the rent to be paid) to provide accommodation to be leased as a maternity
and child welfare centre and a schools and dental clinic, and the provision of
a number of shops is also contemplated. The Council, on 30th July, 1929, approved
an estimate of £175,000 for the erection of the dwellings and other buildings on the
area. At the end of 1929 the preliminary lay-out plan of the whole area had been
approved by the Minister of Health, and preliminary drawings for the first block
of dwellings were being prepared.
Teale-street
area.
The Council on 22nd January, 1929, decided to make a scheme under Part II of
the Housing Act, 1925, in respect of an area of about 4¼ acres of land in Bethnalgreen
and Shoreditch, bounded on the north by Teale-street and a public recreation
ground, on the west by Sebright-passage, Gillman-street and the back gardens of
houses on the east side of Garner-street, on the south by the south side of Spencerpassage,
Coate-street and the rear of properties on the north side of Hackney-road,
and on the east by Pritchard's-road and Dinmont-street. The area contains 143
dwelling houses, a garage and some industrial properties. The houses are old, worn
and damp. The area of the proposed scheme includes the whole of that officially
represented by the Council's medical officer, with the exception of one house in
Gillman-street, and includes also other small adjoining plots for the purpose of
making an efficient scheme. About 900 persons of the working classes will be
displaced and accommodation for at least that number can be provided on the area
when cleared. An estimate of £45,000 was approved in respect of the acquisition
of property and the clearance of the area. The cost of the provision of the
requisite rehousing accommodation was roughly estimated at £78,000.
The trustees of the Sebright Endowed Schools Estate are the freeholders of
the whole of the properties included in the clearance scheme, and also of a block of
property with a somewhat open lay-out comprising about 70 dwelling houses and
some other premises immediately to the west of the area. The Council decided on
22nd January, 1929, to enter into an agreement with the trustees for the purchase
of all their properties required for the erection of new dwellings on the area when
cleared, subject to the trustees being permitted to retain such of their lands in the
area as will not be required permanently by the Council for the purposes of the