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The Housing Committee also approved a scheme for improvements
to the older properties in North Woolwich, by the provision of
bathrooms and modernisation of the kitchens, and it is hoped that the
approval of the Minister of Housing and Local Government will be
received and enable the work to be put in hand at an early date.
In addition to the general housing activities, the Council has
rehoused a number of occupiers from requisitioned properties, as all
such dwellings are to be released from requisition by the 31st March,
1960.
At the 31st December, 1958. there were 9,328 tenancies in
properties owned or controlled by the Council, 249 of these being in
requisitioned properties.
At the end of the year, there were 2,805 applicants on the
Housing Register,, compared with 2,913 at the end of December 1957.
The information on the housing progress in the Borough during
1958 has been kindly supplied by the Director of Housing.
CLEAN AIR
Smoke Control Areas
The following are details of the existing and proposed Smoke
Control Areas of the Councils:-
(i) St. Mary''s. This area comprises a total of 26 acres in two
parts of 21 and five acres, and there are 455 Borough Council dwellings
includedo The first portion is bounded to the north by Woolwich
Church Street and Chapel Hill, to the south by the railway line, and
to the east by the Sto Mary's Churchyard. The smaller area comprises
Council properties on land on both sides of Rectoxy Place and the
flats flanking on Kingsman Street. In this area 56 dwellings
required some adaptation of their appliances, and the necessary work
has been carried outo This Order became operative in October, 1958.
It is proposed to extend this Smoke Control Area as redevelopment
proceeds, taking in private as well as Council properties.
(ii) Abbey Wood (Abbey Estate) Area. This Area comprises the new
Abbey Estate on which there will be 2,515 County Council dwellings
when the estate is complete in 1961. The Smoke Control Area
comprises 212 acres, including 170 acres for housing development and
34 acres for open space, and became operative on the 1st November,
1958. The houses, maisonettes and flats on this estate are fitted
with solid fuel appliances to burn smokeless fuel, and the storage
capacity of the dwellings yet to be constructed is being increased to
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