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Woolwich 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Certificates of Unfitness were issued during the year
in respect of the under-mentioned houses-
1 Caroline Place; 66 Beresford Street;
8 Nightingale Vale; l46-l68(even) Woolwich
Church Street; 45 Chapel Hill; 2-6(even)
14,16,20 & 22 Samuel Street.
SLUM CLEARANCE
CLEARANCE AREAS
In accordance with the agreed Slum Clearance programme,
during the year I represented under Section 42 of the
Housing Act, 1957 that the following properties were unfit
and should be dealt with by the Council for slum clearance:-
(l) St. Mary's Redevelopment Area -
Church Hill No. 1 Area
Church Hill No. 2 Area
Castile Road Area
3-2l(odd) Church Hill
31 & 32 Church Hill
1-5 Castile Road
John Wilson Street Area - 46-6o(even), 60a,
62-68(even), 51, 53, 59-87(odd) John Wilson
Street; l-8(eons.), 14a, 15-17(cons.) Monk
Streets l-13(cons.) Clara Place; 37c,
38-40 (cons.), 42-50(cons.) Castile Road.
This Area comprises 77 dwelling houses.
Clearance of the above-mentioned properties will almost
complete the clearance of the unfit properties in the St.
Mary's Area, apart from three small areas in Bowling Green
Row, Marshall's Grove, and Woolwich Church Street.
(2) Glyndon Redevelopment Area -
Southport Road Area - 32-6o(even) Southport Road.
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