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Barking 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The Council, in accordance with section 1 of the Housing Act, 1930, declared
that the areas composed of the following premises were unhealthy areas and should
be dealt with as clearance areas :—
227-235, North Street
1-11, Holly Square
114-150, North Street
1-1, Tanner Square
known as the Holly Square Area.
1-6, Red Lion Place
1-4, St. John's Retreat
70-76, North Street
known as the Red Lion Place Area.
2-18, Bifron Square
1-27, Bifron Square
2-14, Axe Street
49-59, Broadway
1, White Court
Shaftesbury Hall School
known as the Bifron Square Area.
During the year little progress could be made with these clearance schemes
owing to pressure of other work. This delay is regrettable, not only in so far as it
affects the occupiers of the houses concerned, but because it further postpones
action with respect to other areas scheduled for treatment in the period 1930-1935.