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In addition, at the end of the year the Borough Council had
a further 808 dwellings under construction.
In the St. Mary's Comprehensive Development Area,
by the end of the year 483 new dwellings had been completed
and occupied, together with a doctor's surgery, eight shops,
public house and 23 garages. The work of redevelopment
proceeded satisfactorily and building has commenced in the
Samuel Street/Frances Street area where four 14-storey
blocks of flats are included in a scheme of some 279
dwellings.
In the Glyndon area where active redevelopment can be
anticipated in the near future, the initial rehousings
from the sub-standard properties have already been carried
out, the occupiers in the main having been rehoused in the
new dwellings completed on the Bostall Estate.
In addition, a further 97 temporary dwelling tenants
have been rehoused, the dwellings themselves having been
demolished to make way for permanent housing development.
The scheme of 224 small flats in Middle Park Avenue
has been completed, and a start made on the building scheme
in Strongbow Road. Work has also proceeded at Southend
Crescent where the first dwellings were completed and
occupied during the year. Approval was received from the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government for the scheme of
improvement to the older properties in North Woolwich and
the work, which includes the provision of bathrooms and
modernisation of kitchens, commenced during 1959.
By the end of the year such progress had been made in
the release of requisitioned properties, that only 21
families remained to be rehoused, and it was apparent at the
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