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SLUM CLBARANCE.
During the year the Borough Council were requested to prepare a list of
dwellings in Shoreditch which may he dealt with in the Slum Clearance
Programme I96I - 1965, and this work was undertaken by the Chief Public
Health Inspector and his Deputy, and subsequently a list of some 1274
houses, consisting of approximately 2005 families was submitted to the
Council for consideration. The list was tentatively agreed to and sent to
the London County Council for consideration.
The next step is a meeting at officer level between the Shoreditch
Borough Council and the London County Council to decide which Authority
should carry out the various clearances of the houses submitted.
This matter will be further reported on in the next Annual Report.
HOUSING - OVERCROWDING AND PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
At the end of 1957 "the number of overcrowded cases on the Public Health
Department register was 61, and the number on the medical preferential
treatment register was 37.
During the year two new cases of overcrowding were found and added to
the register and 8 overcrowded families and 4 preferential treatment cases
had been rehoused.
The number of overcrowded cases remaining on the register at the end
of the year was therefore 55> and the number on the preferential treatment
register was 33.
74 visits of inspection were made.
UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
During the year 11 underground rooms were reported on. Closing Orders
were made in respect of 13 rooms, and in two cases Closing Orders were determined,
the rooms being made to comply with the Underground Rooms Regulations.
The total number of underground rooms on the register at the end of the
year was 772.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
The number of factories on the register at the end of 1958 was:Power
Factories 1,055
Non-Power Factories 132
Total 1,187
During the year 98 factories were added to the register and 126 were
deleted, making a nett decrease in the number of factories in the Borough
of 28.