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31st December that the Council's responsibilities in this
matter would be satisfactorily concluded by the 31st March,
1960, the appropriate date under the Act.
At the 31st December, 1959 there were 9,336 tenancies in
properties owned or controlled by the Council, and at the
same date there were 2,785 applicants on the Housing Register,
compared with 2,805 a year previously.
The information on the housing progress in the Borough
during 1959 has been kindly supplied by the Director of
Housing.
CLEAN AIR
Smoke Control Areas
The Council have decided to bring the whole of the
Borough under Smoke Control as quickly as possible, and
the establishment of Smoke Control Areas is proceeding
rapidly. At the end of the year there were four Smoke
Control Areas in operation and a further five Areas were
in various stages towards completion.
The following Areas, details of which were reported
in my previous Annual Report, are now in operation:-
St. Mary's
Abbey Wood (Abbey Estate)
Abbey Wood
Middle Park (North East).
Details of the five Areas which are not yet in operation
are as follows:-
Middle Park (South West)
This Area comprises about 100 acres and is bounded by
the Dartford Loop Railway line to the south, the rear of
Churchbury Road to the west, and Middle Park Avenue to the
north and east. There are 722 Borough Council properties,
the majority of which are of pre-war construction.
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