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Armstrong Plage Area: This area was declared by the County
Council on the 1st July, 1958, and comprises the following propertless:17-30
(cons.) Troy Street; 4-14 (even), 3-9 (odd) Armstrong Street;
1-7 (conso), 14-16 (cons.); 19-30 (cons.) Armstrong Place; 21-37
(cons.) Rudd Street; 3-17 (cons.) Whitworth Place.
HOUSING PROGRESS
The number of dwellings built in the Borough of Woolwich during
the year 1958, was as unders:-
By the Borough Council 247
By the London County Council 506
By private enterprise 150
Total 903
In addition, at the end of the year, the Borough Council had a
further 542 dwellings under construction.
Development in the St. Mary's Comprehensive Development Area has
continued, and by the end of 1958, 344 dwellings had been completed
and occupied, together with eight shops. So far, 528 families,
comprising 1,537 persons, have been rehoused from the old properties,
and this movement will continue as more new dwellings are completed.
A block of eight new Almshouses has been erected by the Woolwich
Parochial Almshouses replacing a group of Almshouses in Ropeyard
Rails which were ere®ted in 1843.
The scheme for 224 one and two-roomed flats on the Middle Park
Estate proceeded satisfactorily, and a number of these dwellings
were completed and let by the end of the year. Laundry and caretaking
facilities are provided, and certain of the dwellings are fitted with
a special low bath suitable for elderly or infirm people. The
majority of the tenants on this scheme have transferred voluntarily
from the larger family cottage properties on other estates.
The clearance of temporary dwellings in Abbey Wood has continued
and building of the fourth scheme on the Bostall Estate comprising
198 dwellings was commenced.
A start was also made on the clearance on the Strongbow Road
site at Eltham, the redevelopment of which is expected to start in
1959.
Building also commenced at Southend Crescent, Eltham, on the
first phase of this scheme, which will provide 83 dwellings.
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