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Housing.
General Housing Conditions.
Northwood.
All the houses with the exception of seven Cottages in Hills'
Lane and two in Jackett's Lane, are modern and in good condition.
All have main drainage except twelve and constant water supply.
The Council provided 114 houses under their original Housing
Scheme of 1919, a further 12 were erected and occupied during the
year, and it is hoped to commence a further number early in the new
year.
Eastcote.
There are many old country cottages at Eastcote.
Housing Scheme, Coteford Close.—The 1919 scheme provided
for 34 houses which were erected.
The Council purchased a site in Wiltshire Lane and prepared
plans for the erection of a further 16 houses which they expect to
commence in 1926.
Near Eastcote Station (Met. and District Railway) there has
been considerable building of middle class property some 168 houses
having been erected during the past five years.
Ruislip.
This old country village is fast becoming a suburban district,
the building of middle class houses is going on very rapidly.
There are several old cottages in the village and on Ruislip
Common.
Housing Scheme.—The original scheme of 1919 provided for 59
houses at Clack Lane and 22 at Ruislip Common.
Northolt Junction Estate.
This Estate is situated between West End Road and the Great
Western and L. & N.E. Joint Railway Line, close to Northolt Junction
Station.
There are the following buildings on the Estate:—
1. Permanent buildings erected under the Byelaws42
2. Buildings erected under the Housing Acts (licensed
for a long period) 6
3. Temporary occupied buildings 58
4. Temporary Buildings (Tool Sheds, Summer Houses,
&c.) 101
207
Twelve of the permanent buildings have cesspool drainage.
All the remaining occupied buildings have earth closets, which
are emptied by a man employed by the Council. The contents are
dug into trenches on land allotted for this purpose by the Estate
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