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London County Council 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Administration
Housing
Representations by medical officers of the public health department in respect of clearance areas under the Housing Act, 1930, have been maintained during the year 1936 at the same rate as in 1935.
| Areas | Houses | "Other buildings" included under the terms of sec- 62 (1) of the Housing Act, 1935 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| During the year 1936 | 4,084 | 144 | |
| Total number under the 1930 Act up to 31st December, 1936 | 197 | 14,311 | 191 |
Clearance.
The Metropolitan Borough Councils are housing authorities equally with the
Council, but before a Borough Council proceeds to declare an area to be a clearance
area it is necessary for the Council to be notified in accordance with section 16 (5)
of the Housing Act, 1930. Altogether notifications were received from the boroughs
in respect of 2,335 houses in 137 areas, and in eleven instances, involving 322 houses,
the area with which the borough proposed to deal formed part of a larger scheme
of the Council, or for some other reason could be more appropriately dealt with by
the Council. In each case the Borough Councils were informed whether the Council
proposed to deal with the areas or not.
The following table shows, in respect of each metropolitan borough, the number
of houses during the year represented by medical officers of the Council's public
health department and the number of houses included in notifications from the
Borough Councils.
Table 34.
| Metropolitan borough | Number of houses represented to L.C.C. by its medical officers | Number of houses notified (Sec. 16(5)) by Borough Councils | Metropolitan borough | Number of houses represented to L.C.C. by its medical officers | Number of houses notified (Sec. 16(5)) by Borough Councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | - | 19 | Islington | 132 | 141 | |
| Bermondsey | 83 | 162 | Kensington | - | 19 | |
| Bethnal Green | 420 | 2l | Lambeth | †351 | 115 | |
| *69 | Lewisham | 25 | 39 | |||
| Camberwell | 143 | 106 | Paddington | - | 224 | |
| *14 | Poplar | 618 | 27 | |||
| Chelsea | - | - | St. Marylebone | - | - | |
| Deptford | 139 | - | St. Pancras | 69 | 26 | |
| Finsbury | 147 | 112 | Shoreditch | - | 30 | |
| Fulham | 8 | 74 | South wark | 281 | 66 | |
| *9 | *140 | |||||
| Greenwich | 290 | 174 | Stepney | 825 | - | |
| *30 | Stoke Newington | - | _ | |||
| Hackney | 156 | 285 | Wandsworth | - | 38 | |
| *60 | Westminster | - | 76 | |||
| Hammersmith | - | 65 | Woolwich | 498 | 191 | |
| Hampstead | - | - | Total | †4,185 | ‡2,335 | |
| Hoi born | - | 3 | ||||
* The London County Council decided itself to deal with these houses.
† Includes 101 houses re-represented (Murphy-street).
‡ Includes 322 houses with which the Council decided to deal.
Public inquiries were held by the Ministry of Health in respect of clearance Inquiries,
and compulsory purchase orders made by the Council relating to 38 areas, comprising
2,972 houses represented as suitable for action under Part I of the Housing
Act, 1930.
Less than 1 per cent. of these houses have been excluded from orders confirmed
by the Minister, on the grounds that they were not suitable for inclusion within the
terms of Part I of the Act of 1930.