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Housing—Overcrowding.
The 33 outstanding cases of overcrowding are
receiving the attention of the Housing Committee, and
50 of the 96 houses (including bungalows for aged
persons) to he erected in Glen more Road, Welling, for
accommodation of overcrowded and other families were
completed by the end of 1938.
No. of overcrowded dwellings.
Jan. 31st, 1936. Dec. 31st, 1937. Dec. 31st, 1938.
Owner occupiers 16 6 5
Welling- Hutments
(compulsory Purchase
Areas) 20 12 12
Corporation 31 8 4
Private owners 37 19 12*
* Four of these houses are the subject of demolition orders.
Housing—General.
Bexley (Lodge Lane Hutments) Clearance Area,
1937.
A compulsory Purchase Order was made by the
Council in May, 1938, affecting 294 hutments in the
Clearance Area, aud including eleven reconditioned
hutments and certain contiguous lands. An inquiry was
held by the Ministry of Health in November, 1938, and
the Order has been since confirmed, subject to 67
hutments being deemed unfit for human habitation, but
only because of their bad arrangement. In respect of
a further 52 hutments, a payment is to be made by the
Council under Section 42, on the grounds ihat the
properties have been well maintained.
Bexley (East Wiekham Hutments) Clearance Areas
Nos. 1,2,'3 (1937).
In respect of these, Compulsory Purchase Orders
have been made by the Council.
Bexley (Princes Street, Bexleyheath) Clearance
Order, 1938
I represented this area covering seventeen properties
in February, 1938, and a Clearance Order was made on
the 31st May, 1938. An inquiry was held by the
Ministry of Health in November, 1938, and the Order
was confirmed without modification.
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