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Freshwater Place (16 flats)
Planning consent has been received in respect of this site and tenders will be invited shortly.
Mulready Street (171 flats)
Draft proposals for the development of this site have been approved and planning consent is
awaited.
Clipstone Street (305 flats)
Proposals for the redevelopment of the area bounded by Carburton Street, Cleveland Street, Clipstone
Street and Great Titchfield Street, have been approved in principle. The London County Council's
observations are awaited.
Requisitioned Premises.
Completion of the Council's de-requisitioning programme was effected by the 31st March, 1960.
Of the 907 premises originally requisitioned the Council have acquired a freehold interest in 136
and a leasehold interest in 166.
Housing (Financial Provisions) Acts, 1958 and 1959.
(a) Loans.—The Council made loans during the year totalling £26,960 to enable applicants to acquire
premises for owner-occupation.
(b) Improvement Grants.—Discretionary and Standard Grants totalling £3,038 were made during
the year to private owners to convert and improve existing premises. In addition a grant not exceeding
£2,000 was approved to enable the Octavia Hill Housing Trust to improve 5 unfit houses in Cato Street.
Factory-Made Bungalows.
The Council received notice to vacate the Marlborough Hill site and themselves decided to
determine their tenancy of the Marlborough Place site. It is expected that the 17 bungalows on these
sites will be vacated early in 1961. These are the remaining bungalows provided under the Housing
(Temporary Accommodation) Act, 1944.
Housing of Old People.
(a) 51/54, Beaumont Street.—The Council have prepared a scheme for the development of this site
by the erection of 29 flats for old people.
(b) The Ladies' Home for Gentlewomen: 41, Abbey Road, N.W.8.—The modernisation of these
premises, towards which the Council agreed to make a grant of approximately £11,000, nears
completion.
(c) Dorset Chambers, Chagford Street, N.W.1.—The conversion of these premises into 16 selfcontained
flats for elderly people, by Individual Housing (W.V.S.), Ltd., has now been completed.
An improvement grant of approximately £6,000 was made by the Council towards the cost of the
work.
Dwelling-Houses.
Statistics regarding the inspection of dwelling-houses under the Public Health or Housing Acts,
defects remedied and action taken under statutory powers are contained in Table 6, page 33.
Certificates of Disrepair.
Applications for the issue or cancellation of certificates under the provisions of the Rent Act, 1957,
were dealt with by the Town Clerk and referred to the Medical Officer of Health for investigation.
A public health inspector visited each of the premises concerned and on his report the Medical Officer
of Health was able to recommend appropriate action. Statistics relating to these matters are shown
in Table 8, page 33.
Rehousing—Medical Certificates—Closing Orders.
The Medical Officer of Health receives requests from the Borough Council's Housing Director for
reports and advice on the housing conditions and the health of persons applying for rehousing. One
hundred and four confidential medical certificates referred to the Medical Officer of Health were
considered in conjunction with reports from the public health inspectors on environmental circumstances
and, where justified, additional points were recommended.