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In addition, at the end of the year the Borough Council
had a further 735 dwellings under construction.
Building continued in the St. Mary's Comprehensive
Redevelopment Area, in particular in the Samuel Street/
Prances Street area, where by the end of the year the
first of the four 14-storey blocks of flats was nearing
completion. The flats in these tower blocks are to be
heated by electric underfloor heating with supplementary
heating by means of an electric panel fire. Laundry
facilities will be provided. A further scheme comprising
71 dwellings was commenced in the Belson Road/Kingsman
Street area.
In the Glyndon Area further rehousings from substandard
properties have been carried out, and plans
prepared for the erection of 252 dwellings.
During the year, 70 families were rehoused from
Temporary Dwellings, and in due course there will be
permanent housing development on the sites.
Dwellings have also been completed and occupied on
several sites in the Borough, in particular on the Bostall
Estate, where 131 families were housed, and at Southend
Crescent where a further 72 housings took place, thus
completing the first part of the scheme.
The first 24 dwellings were occupied at Strongbow
Road, and work had commenced on the 9-storey block of flats.
This block is also to be heated by electric underfloor
heating.
Improvement work to 25 properties in North Woolwich
was completed. This work included the provision of
bathrooms and the modernisation of the kitchens.
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