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The following are notes on the individual areas dealt with:—
County of London (Foundry Place, Shoreditch) Housing Confirmation Order, 1938
(10th August, 1938)
The Foundry Place Area was declared a clearance area by the London County
Council on 13th July, 1937, and a compulsory purchase order dated 31st December,
1937, was subsequently confirmed by the Ministry of Health on 10th August, 1938.
A Ministry of Health Inquiry was held on 25th April, 1938.
The site is confined on the east and west sides by substantial three-storey
buildings, and is separated from the Shoreditch Borough Council's swimming baths,
and washhouses on the south by Bowling Green Walk, which is approximately
20 feet wide; the chimney stack which serves these baths and washhouses is 150
feet high and dominates the site. The site is therefore unsuitable for the erection
of any housing accommodation and it is proposed to use the site for the development
of the numerous industries displaced from other areas.
The total area of the site is 0.77 acre and the displacement of 275 persons is
involved, of whom 266 are in occupation of houses in the clearance area and nine
are in occupation of the houses on the additional lands to be acquired.
County of London (Lynedoch Street, Shoreditch), Housing Confirmation Order, 1938
(llth June, 1938)
The Lynedoch Street Area was declared a clearance area by the London County
Council on 27th July, 1937, and a compulsory purchase order dated 14th October,
1937, was subsequently confirmed by the Ministry of Health on llth June, 1938.
A Ministry of Health Inquiry was held on 1st March, 1938.
The clearance area is 1.73 acres in extent and comprises 148 houses, including
a shop, two stores, and estate office. The additional lands are 0.07 acre in extent
and comprise one house, including a boys' club, and in addition a wood-turning
workshop, an estate office and a builder's workshop and store. The total area
of the site is therefore 1.8 acres and the displacement of 665 persons is involved,
of whom 661 are in occupation of houses in the clearance area and four are in occupation
of the house on the additional lands. Endeavours are to be made to make available
a site on another area in the neighbourhood for the reinstatement of the boys' club.
County of London (Long Street, Shoreditch Nos. 1,1 a and 2) Housing Confirmation Orders,
1938 (27th October, 1938)
The Long Street Area was declared a clearance area by the London County
Council on 2nd November, 1937, and clearance and compulsory purchase orders