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Overcrowding.
During the year 28 families were found to be living in overcrowded conditions,
and reports were made to the London County Council on behalf of these persons.
In nine cases the County Council provided other accommodation. A further 102
families were visited after complaints of overcrowding or at the request of the
London County Council or the Borough Council Housing Departments. Reports
were sent to both Housing Departments setting out details of the applicants' present
accommodation.
Upon application being made by either landlord or occupier the Council are
under an obligation to give in writing a statement of the permitted number of
persons in respect of any dwelling house, and measurements of dwellings for this
purpose were taken on 319 occasions, compared with 652 in 1953.
Individual Unfit Houses.
Seventeen houses (compared with 23 in 1953) were repiesented during the year
as being unfit for human habitation, and incapable of being made fit at reasonable
expense. Formal notices were served on the owners under the provisions of the
Housing Acts. After consideration of each case, closing orders were made by the
Council in respect of 16 of these houses and one demolition order was made.
Details of the houses dealt with are as follow:-
33, Chapel Hill Closing Order—whole house—20th February,
1954.
1, North Kent Place Closing Order—whole house—10th March,
1954.
46, Glyndon Road Closing Order—whole house—10th March,
1954.
30, Walpole Place Closing Order—whole house—8th April, 1954.
35, Samuel Street Closing Order—whole house—8th April, 1954.
3, .Saunders Road Closing Order—whole house—8th April, 1954.
220, Woolwich Church
Street Closing Order—whole house—8th April, 1954.
29, Ann Street Closing Order—whole house—29th June, 1954.
254, Woolwich Church
Street Closing Order—whole house—29th July, 1954.
2, Harrington Buildings,
Chapel Hill Closing Order—whole house—30th July, 1954.
3, Harrington Buildings Closing Order—whole house—30th July, 1954.
4, Harrington Buildings Closing Order—whole house—30th July, 1954.
5, Harrington Buildings Closing Order whole house—30th July, 1954.
6, Harrington Buildings Closing Order—whole house—30th July, 1954.
2, Garibaldi Street Closing Order—whole house—22nd October,
1954.
256, Plumstead High St. Closing Order—whole house—22nd October,
1954.
Myrtle Cottage, Philipot
Path Demolition Order—21st October, 1954.
A further eight individual unfit houses have been represented to the Council
at the end of the year for action under the Housing Acts. During the year the
Council revoked an undertaking given by the owner of 34, Elmley Street, Plumstead,
not to use these premises for human habitation. The Council also determined
a closing order made during 1953 in respect of 83, Sand Street, Woolwich, the
necessary works having been completed to make the premises again fit.
During the year the Council made Closing Orders in respect of unfit rooms at
a further four premises. The following are the details of the parts of houses closed
by the Council during the year:-
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