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Fourth year, 1954:—
Marshalls Grove (W.B.C.) 4
Morris Walk (L.C.C.) 14
Corn Street (L.C.C.) 52
Pett Street (L.C.C.) 30
Perrott Street (L.C.C.) 63
Spearman Street (L.C.C.) 42
Total 205
Fifth year, 1955:—
Ann Street (L.C.C.) 85
Total 85
After considering these proposals, the Health Committee was of the opinion
that, although the first five-year programme allegedly deals with houses in the
County immediately representable, there are at least double the 1,068 allocated
to this Borough which could be represented as unfit within this period. It is
recognised, however, that practical considerations will probably forbid a larger
number being dealt with during this period.
The County Council has reported that it will help in rehousing in the following
terms:—
"The Council is anxious to be fully co-operative in providing rehousing
assistance in respect of areas exceeding ten houses. In Boroughs where the
need was greatest, the Council would hope to contribute up to 50 per cent. of
the additional rehousing necessary stage by stage, or even more where the
position is really serious. On the other hand, it will be expected that some
Boroughs will not need any special assistance."
The Health Committee had no particular observations on the above-mentioned
programme, but pointed out that the figures given for "unfit" houses in the Lord
Warwick Street and Ropeyard Rails areas are now somewhat more than actual,
as they would appear to be based on pre-war calculations. Of the original 328
houses in the Lord Warwick Street Clearance Area, only 308 remain to-day and of
the 158 in Ropeyard Rails, there are only 95 houses now standing. Again, although
85 houses are shown in Ann Street as "unfit" and programmed for clearance by
the London County Council in 1955, they form only part of what will be described
as the Glyndon Clearance Area, where there are already at least 250 representable
houses which ought properly to be demolished at the earliest opportunity.
The Committee noted that the tentative 1955 Slum Clearance programme shows
that there is no concurrent action being taken by the Borough Council elsewhere
in the Borough and it has informed the County Council that once the work in the
St. Mary's Redevelopment Area is well under way, it may be possible for the Council
to deal similarly with the Glyndon Area properties and to carry out the clearance of
the Ann Street houses itself, so releasing the County Council's building potential
for work elsewhere in the Metropolis.
New Houses.
The number of certificates issued in respect of new dwelling houses, including
flats, as having a proper and sufficient supply of water was 889, being 169 more than
the previous year.
Despite increasing difficulties, the proud record of the Borough of Woolwich
with regard to the provision of post-war houses was maintained during the year
1951. The number of new houses built in the Borough during the year is summarised
as follows:—
By Woolwich Borough Council, 227; by private enterprise, 103.
In addition, 88 flats erected by the London County Council on the Barnfield
Estate became available for letting during the year. On the large new Avery
Hill Estate, 90 flats and 430 houses were completed during the year by the County
Council, the size of these houses ranging from the one-bedroomed type to the fourbedroomed
type of house.
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