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This year saw the commencement of the erection of the
Borough Council's Cornwall Street Estate and of the London
. County Council's Umberston Street Estate. During the year
748 new dwellings were completed in the Borough: '218 by
the Borough Council, 526 by the County Council, and 4 by
private owners.
In addition, Sydney House, Beaumont Square, an Old
People's Home for men and women, which provides accommodation
for 36 persons from all parts of London, opened this year.
The home was built by the London Homes for "the Elderly
"Limited, a housing association established under the National
Corporation for the Care of Old People, Photographs of the
Home appear opposite page 7.
Household Hygienic Amenities.
(viz. Piped water supply, cooking stove or range, kitchen
sink, water-closet and fixed bath.)
Figures from the 1951 Census, since published, have
brought out the' information that one-third.of all private
households in the County of London have the exclusive use of
all the above amenities, and another twenty per cent have
all except a fixed bath. Sixty-two per cent do not have
the exclusive use of a fixed bath. The incidence of households
entirely without a fixed bath is highest in the
boroughs of central and eastern London.
Summary of Inspections made by the Housing: Inspector.
Overcrowding 238
Preferential housing on health grounds 86
Underground Rooms 260
"Permitted Numbers" under Housing Act 1936 209
Temporary Hutments 122
Requisitioned Premises 56
Premises situated in Clearance Areas 205
Housing Act, 1936 (Section 5) 179
" " " (Section 11) 56
Town & Country Planning Act, 1947 47
Miscellaneous 191
Statistics.
Further Housing statistics are•given on pages 6l"and 62.
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