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Croydon 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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HOUSING ACT, 1930.
Five Years Slum Clearance Programme.
Clearance Areas

Table: The following Areas have, up to the present, been scheduled as clearance Areas:—

The following Areas have, up to the present, been scheduled as clearance Areas:—

No. of houses in Area.No. of persons displaced or to be displaced.
(1)Old Town108490
(2)Leight°n Street East34157
(3)Stoney Lane & Victory Place,U.N. 2274

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The old town Area was cleared and 92 new houses have been
erected, or are in course of erection, during the year. These houess
are intentded to re-house 438 persons. 12 houses have also been
built at Waddon as replacements for some demolished in the Old
town clearance Area. These houses provide accommodation
for 54 Persons.
The necessary Local Enquiries with respect to the Leighton
Street East and Stoney Lane areas had not been held at the end
of the year.
Improvement Areas.

Table: The following Improvement Areas have been approved by the council

The following Improvement Areas have been approved by the council

Houses.No. of on Houses for Demolition.No. of persons to be displaced Demoltiion or Overcrowding.
(1)Dickenson's Place20929
(2)Ely Road & Holmesdale Road46897
(3)Leighton Street East & West10711121
(4)Albion Street36218
(5)Napier Road & Magdala Road67None26
(6)Wilford Road & Forster Road161None55

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At the end of the year, with respect to the Ely Road area,
the owners of 6 of the houses scheduled for demolition had given
Undertaking to make the houses fit, and work was in hand
upon them and upon all the other properties in the area. In
connection with a group of 10 houses in Holmesdale Road, the
owner requested the Corporation to submit estimates for the work
required. A useful amount of work has been done in this area,
and the housing conditions have been much improved.