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Slum Clearance
At the beginning of the year a circular was received from the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government pointing out to Local
Authorities that steps should be taken to review housing conditions
in their areas and to resume as a matter of urgency the campaign
of slum clearance which the war had interrupted.
In anticipation of the Housing Repairs and Rents Acts which
came into operation on the 30th August 1954 and imposes a duty
upon the Local Authority to make a survey of the unfit houses
in their area and submit to the Minister within one year their
proposals for dealing with these houses, a survey was commenced
and the following Clearance Areas reported to the Council and
submitted to the Minister for confirmation:
1. 411, 413 and 415, Long Lane, N.2.
2. 27, 29, 31 and 33, Market Place, N.2.
la, Prospect Place, 1, 2, 3 and 4, Galpins Cottages,
Prospect Place and Nos. 1-17 (inclusive) Prospect Place, N.2.
3. 1118, 1120, 1122 and 1124, High Road, N.20.
4. 11, 13, 15 and 17, Swan Lane, N.20.
Total: 37 houses.
With regard to areas Nos. 2, 3 and 4, it was resolved that
application be made to the Minister for Compulsory Purchase
Orders and at the end of the year confrmation was being awaited.
During the year a film called "The Stockton Test", produced
by the Allied Ironfounders, Ltd., was shown to members of the
Council. The film dealt with the adaptation of sub-standard
property to comply with modern requirements for the purposes
of grant, as set out in the Housing Act, 1949.
A course of ten lectures on housing, arranged by the Sanitary
Inspectors' Association, was held in London during the winter
evenings, and was attended by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
Repairs Increase and Certificates of Disrepair.
The above Act, which came into force on the 30th August,
1954, imposed a duty upon local authorities to issue Certificates of
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