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112
NORTH WOOLWICH DOCK EXTENSIONDEMOLITION
AND DISPLACEMENT.
In the last Annual Report particulars were given of the
intended demolition of houses in North Woolwich, the sites
of which are required by the Port of London Authority for
the extension of the South Albert Dock. 55 houses were
scheduled. 12 of these were situated in Drew Road, 17 in
Rhea Street, 15 in Winifred Street, and 11 in Auberon
Street. They were occupied by 380 persons of the workingclass.
Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1903,
where, under powers given by any Local Act or Provisional
Order, land is acquired by any authority or persons on
which are Situated working-men's dwellings, such dwellings
shall not be entered on until the Local Government Board
have either approved of a housing scheme or have decided
that such scheme is not necessary. The housing scheme
must make provision for the accommodation of such number
of persons as is in the opinion of the Local Government Board
required, but "hot exceeding the aggregate number of persons
displaced. The Local Government Board may require that
the mew dwellings shall be completed and fit for occupation
before possession is taken of the dwellings it is proposed ta
(Demolish.
The Committee decided to ask the Local Government
Board to require a re-housing scheme, but did not press for
the new houses to be completed before demolition of the old.
The Local G pvernment Board, however, insisted that po
occupants should be displaced until suitable housing provision
had been found for them to the satisfaction of the
Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the new