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The following are the 11 houses represented:—
33 and 35, Barnfield Road.
5, 6 and 7, Globe Lane.
37, 39, 41 and 43, Abbey Grove.
33, Red Lion Lane.
3, Scott's Place.
HOUSES—INSUFFICIENCY.
Government Housing Scheme.
28. In October, 1913, I reported that there was a very
great demand for working-class houses in the Borough, and
that the demand was not being met by the supply.
In response to the request of a deputation of the Borough
Council following that report, the Government has erected
1,200 new houses at Well Hall. This was done with unexampled
celerity, and on a plan which in variety, beauty
and convenience probably constitutes a record in State
housing, and will compare favourably with any garden
suburb yet built.
The report on the house famine was made in December,
the deputation was received in January, and in February the
ground was laid out and the houses were going up. Not
half of them were finished, however, by July, so that the
increase of population in the second half of the year was
much greater than in the first half.
The houses comprise:—
212 flats of 3 rooms at rents of 7s. Od. to 7s. 6d. per week.
613 houses „ 4 „ „ 10s. Od. to 11s. 6d. „
358 „ „ 5 „ „ 12s. Od. to 14s. Od. „
113 „ „6 „ „ 14s. 6d. to 16s. 6d. „