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(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so
dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for
human habitation —
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred
to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in
all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 336
2. Remedy of Defects during the year without service of Formal
Notices:—
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local Authority
or their officers 568
CLEARANCE AREAS—(Housing Act 1936 and Housing
Repairs and Rents Act, 1954)—
Number of dwelling-houses demolished during the year Nil
HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS—
(Housing Act, 1936)—
(a) Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal
procedure (Section II) 3
(b) Parts of building closed (Section 12) 2
Rehousing.
I am indebted to the Property Manager for the following
information which gives the position as at 1st January, 1956:—
PERMANENT HOUSING:
Completed and occupied :— Units.
Princes Plain 50
Coppice Estate 532
London Road Flats 66
Longfield Flats 27
Tylney Road Flats 54
Bourne Way Flats 66
Hayes Place Estate 339
Hayes Place Estate (O.A.P.) 48
Blackbrook Estate 64
Blackbrook Estate (O.A.P.) 10
Nichol Lane 6
Purchased Properties 55
Havelock Road (O.A.P.) 18
1,335
Under construction:—
Bromley Park (O.A.P.) 78
Blyth Road Flats 66
Schemes being prepared:—
Martins Road (Re-development) 60
Palace Road (Re-development) 6
Wharton Road (Re-development) 21
Nichol Lane (Re-development) 15
Weston Grove & Weston Road (Re-development) 28
Springfield Site 28
Clarence Road 16