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The majority of applications received during the year were in
respect of the provision of bathrooms, internal waterclosets, and
hot water systems® Visits are also made and preliminary advice
given to owners concerning proposed improvement and conversion
schemes. The number of visits in connection with improvement
grants during the year totalled 172, being twice as many as during
the previous year.

In addition, at the end of the year there were a further
417 dwellings under construction by the Borough Council.
In the St. Mary's Area, under the Comprehensive Development
Scheme, 459 families, comprising 1,331 persons, had been rehoused
from the area by the end of 1957, and 295 new dwellings erected
and occupied since building first commenced in 1952. Redevelopment
continues and detailed plans have been approved, and the schemes
likely to commence in the near future include multi-storey blocks
of flats.
Progress has been made in the Glyndon Area, a tentative
layout has been prepared, and the first rehousings from this Area
have taken place.
The year under review saw the completion of the Coldharbour
Estate which was celebrated by a visit from Her Majesty the Queen
Mother in May, when she graciously performed a ceremony in connection
therewith.
The Housing Committee has also approved schemes in other
parts of the Borough, which will allow for the clearance and
redevelopment of Temporary Dwelling sites, and a start was made
in 1957 in the Abbey Wood Area, and as a result the building
operations on the Bostall Estate were continued.
Some other smaller sites in the Borough were also built upon.
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