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inquiry was held on the 6th November and the order was confirmed by the Minister,
without modification, under date, 9th January, 1935.
Re-housing is to be provided in the same area as for No. 1.
(4) Kirks Yard and Eltham High Street Area.— This area, consisting of 14 houses,
was represented by me to the Council as an unhealthy area on the 14th June, 1934.
The houses included in the area were as follows:—
Eltham High Street Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20.
Kirks Yard Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4a.
Halams Cottages Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
The number of occupants was 46.
No inquiry had been made at the end of the year.
Re-housing is to be provided in the same scheme as for Area No. 1.
There are several other smaller areas which will be required to be dealt with
in a similar way as part of the five years programme and there are larger areas in
the Borough which no doubt will be dealt with by the London County Council in
the course of a year or two.
Eltham Hutments—Scheme for Re-housing of Tenants.—For a long time
the Borough Council have been seriously concerned with the position of the hutments
in Eltham which were erected by the Government in the early part of the war for
the purpose of housing munition workers in Woolwich Arsenal, and consultations
were held with the London County Council as to the best method of dealing with
these hutments, which were fast becoming unfit for human habitation, and the rehousing
of the tenants.
After conference with the London County Council and the owners of the hutment
areas to whom the Government had sold, and also with the Tenants' Association, a
scheme was agreed under which the Borough Council are to erect on a portion of
their Middle Park Estate houses and flats for the re-housing of the hutment tenants,
the owners agreeing to pay to the Borough Council a sum of £10 per hutment where
the occupier was re-housed by the Council. The London County Council agreed to
contribute a sum of £1 17s. 6d. per dwelling per annum for 40 years and the Borough
Council agreed to make a like contribution, this involving both the London County
Council and the Borough Council in an estimated contribution of £858 15s. Od. per
annum for 40 years.
At the meeting on the 28th March, 1934, the Borough Council considered a full
report from the Housing Committee, and they approved the scheme and decided to