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Bromley 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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materials to be taken either from stocks of such materials or by
opening up any finished article containing filling materials.
Samples of the undermentioned filling materials were taken
and submitted for analysis and were all found to be of a satisfactory
standard :—
Algerian Fibre.
Rag Flock—layered.
Feathers—contents of pillows.
Cotton flock—contents of pillows.
HOUSING AND SLUM CLEARANCE
Of the 1965 programme, the 36 houses in Woodbine Grove
were inspected at the end of 1965, and as a result the following
Clearance Areas were represented in 1966 :—
Woodbine Grove (1966) Clearance Area No. 1.—Nos. 8 & 10.
Woodbine Grove (1966) Clearance Area No. 2.—
Nos. 37, 39, 41 & 43.
Woodbine Grove (1966) Clearance Area No. 3.—Nos. 49 & 51.
Woodbine Grove (1966) Clearance Area No. 4.—Nos. 55 & 57.
A compulsory Purchase Order was made in relation to these
houses, and objections being received, a Public Enquiry was held
in January, 1967, the result of which has not yet been received.
Numbers 2 & 17 Woodbine Grove were represented as
Individual Unfit Houses, but Demolition Orders were not made.
Compulsory Purchase Orders were made in respect of:—
Laurel Grove—Nos. 14-20, 26-48, 52-64 (even inclusive).
Woodbine Grove—Nos. 5-19, 23-35 (odd inclusive), 45, 47, 53;
2, 4 & 6.
Oakfield Road—Nos. 48-84, 92-100 (even inclusive).
Hawthorne Grove—No. 1.
Woodbine Terrace—Nos. 1 & 3.
These Compulsory Purchase Orders take in the houses in Woodbine
Grove not represented as unfit. Objections being made, a
Public Local Enquiry is to be held in August, 1968.
The 1966 programme of Slum Clearance inspection was
adhered to and the following Clearance Areas were represented :—
Thicket Grove, Anerley, Clearance Area 1966—Nos. 2-10 (even
inclusive); 1-9 (odd inclusive).
Arpley Road, Penge, Clearance Area 1966—Nos. 16-62 (even
inclusive); 31, 33, 51-57 (odd inclusive).
The remaining houses in Arpley Road and Thicket Wood
Chambers are owned by the Council.