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The Council also intends rehousing persons outside the Borough
at Hemel Hempstead, which Borough concurs in the Acton Borough
Council buying enough land to house 1,000 families.
The Acton, Ealing, Hayes, Harlington and Southall Councils
have, made representation to the Ministry of Health for release of
land occupied by a government department, and this would give
Acton a share sufficient for land for 600 families.
Acton recently heard of land in the Ruislip and Northwood
Urban District Council area, near to the G.W.R. Station, and from
enquiries made, there, seems every prospect of finding sites for 600
houses.
A Town Planning Scheme has been prepared for the redevelopment
of Acton, but I do not propose here to describe this scheme
in detail. Acton has a big problem of rehousing and from the information
set out above it appears, that every effort is being made to
remedy the conditions now existing. Overcrowding exists as it did
before the war, the. loss of, houses destroyed during the war has not
made matters easier, but as the schemes, mentioned are, put into
effect housing conditions will improve.,
The Borough Engineer has submitted the following information,
showing the amount of work carried out on houses damaged by
enemy action.
(a) Dwellings slightly damaged but not uninhabitable 19,660
(This figure is the number of repair jobs carried
out, including cases where, a property was
repaired several times).
(b) Dwellings rendered temporarily uninhabitable for
short periods 225
(c) Dwellings seriously damaged and uninhabitable
for substantial periods 813
(d) Dwellings demolished by enemy action 482
(e) No. of destroyed dwellings rebuilt by 31.3.47 13
(f) Number of destroyed dwellings in course of
re-erection at 31.3.47 141
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
The Middlesex County Council are the, sampling authority in
this area, and the Chief. Officer of the Public Control Department