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HOUSING
Details of Redevelopment Work carried out during 1963.
11 Clearance Areas were resolved involving 339 premises
3 Compulsory Purchase Orders were confirmed involving 105 premises
1 Demolition Order was made
1 Closing Order was made
31 Undertakings not to re-let until premises were made fit, were
accepted.
382 Premises were demolished.
356 New flats were completed.
1244 New flats were in course of erection
94 Routine inspections under Section 3, Housing Act, 1957.
Loans and Grants.
4 Applications for Standard Improvement Grants were received and
approved.
2 Applications for Discretionary Improvement Grants were received
and approved.
Underground Rooms
During 1963 representations were made to the Public Health Committee
resulting in -
2 Closing Orders being made
3 Undertakings being accepted not to re-let until premises rendered I
fit.
Derelict sites
Derelict sites throughout the Borough still present many problems
but gradually are disappearing as new buildings take their place. Their value
as parking places for cars, now that parking meters are in operation in Shoreditch,
has greatly increased and this automatically results in keeping many
sites presentable which would otherwise develop into refuse dumps.
Drainage plans
All drainage plans submitted to the local authority are perused by
the Public Health Inspectorsbefore they are submitted to the appropriate
committee for approval®
During the year 99 plans were perused and numerous interviews have
taken place with architects, builders, owners and others concerned in the
works involved.
Overcrowding and Preferential Treatment
At the end of 1962 the number of overcrowded cases on the Public
Health Departmental Register was 35 and "the number of cases on the Register