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Haringey 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]
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Clearance of Areas of Unfit Houses
1. Areas demolished and cleared during 1966
Houses Families
Willow Walk/Milton Road, N. 15. 77 85
2. Areas confirmed before 1966 and sites awaiting clearance
Church Road/King's Road, N.17. 195 239
Tewkesbury Road/Seven Sisters Road, N.15. 92 121
St. Mary's Road, N.8. 128 235
Acacia Road (part), N.22. 7 7
Park Lane/ Waverley Road, N.17. 152 244
Culvert Road/Woodvilie Road, N. 15. 63 94
Clyde Road/Elizabeth Place, N.15. 94 109
Osborne Grove, N.8. 18 30
3. Areas represented before 1966 (awaiting confirmation
by Ministry of Housing and Local Government)
Northumberland Park/West Road, N.17. 41 95
Hornsey Vale, N.8. 147 113
4. Areas represented during 1966
Lorenco Road/Pretoria Road, N.17. 128 239
Acacia Road/White Hart Lane, N.22. 48 59
Moreton Road, N.15. 8 7
Suf folk/Sutton/St. Ann's Roads, N.15. 156 180
Roslyn Road/Seaford Road, N.15. 90 90
5. Areas acquired for demolition not yet demolished
Tottenham Lane/Church Path/Ada Cottages, N.8. 15 16
Individual Unfit Houses
The following dwellings were the subject of Closing Orders made during the year:-
68 St. Mary's Road, N.8.
11 Enfield Gardens, N.8.
33 Station Road, N. 17.
172 Stapleton Hall Road, N.4. (Basement)
24 Truro Road, N.22. (part)
120 Stapleton Hall Road, N.4. (Basement)
The Council were satisfied that these were houses or parts of houses which were unfit to a degree
rendering them unusable as living accommodation and that they could not be made tit tor habitation at
reasonable cost. Occupants were rehoused by the Council.
Purchase in Advance of Council's Requirements
Requests by the Chief Valuation Officer for classification of houses which were ottered for sale to
the Council in advance of requirements and which are in areas included in the clearance area programme,
were attended to during the year. Over 100 houses were inspected bythe public health inspectors under
this heading.
Uplands Road Improvement Area
As stated in the Annual Reportfor 1965, this area, comprising93 houses, wasdeclared an Improvement
Area by the Council on the 26th July, 1965.
By the end of the year under review, nearly all the tenanted and improvable dwellings, totalling
approximately 30, had been considered by the Committee and appropriate notices had been served.
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