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end of the year 170 dwellings were completed and occupied. This
scheme includes three 11-storey blocks of flats where space heating
is by gas warm air. Laundry facilities and garages have been
provided. Eight shops were included in this scheme, and it is
hoped that the facilities provided will meet the day-to-day needs
of the tenants in the area. Work also commenced on the second
stage which, when completed, will comprise 179 dwellings in four
and five-storey blocks. A Doctor's Surgery and house is also
included. The families who will occupy the majority of these
properties will be transferred from the fourth stage of the
Redevelopment Area.
Initial consideration has also been given to the redevelopment
of the Woolwich Common area, where it is proposed to clear the older
houses and erect approximately 1,000 new dwellings. The provisional
scheme considered by the Council includes shops, a Community Centre,
a Doctor's Surgery, and a Nursery School.
Schemes are in progress on several other sites throughout the
Borough. In the Bostall area 64 dwellings are under construction,
replacing certain temporary dwellings which stood on the sites, and
72 flats and maisonettes are being erected in the Kirkham Street
Redevelopment Scheme. At Gossage Road a 5-storey block of flats
was erected, on a site formerly occupied by old properties.
In Eltham, the Well Hall Road scheme comprising 100 dwellings
has progressed satisfactorily, many of the houses being occupied at
the end of the year. The second stage of the scheme-45 onebedroomed
flats in a tower block-will be completed during 1964.
During the year 57 families were rehoused from temporary
dwellings, helping to make additional land available for permanent
development. At the 31st December, 1963 there were 3,161 applicants
on the Housing Register, compared with 2,978 the previous year.
The above information on the housing progress in the Borough
has been kindly supplied by the Chief Housing Officer.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Modern health education has progressed beyond the mere imparting
of information on what health services are available. By example,
exhortation and training it now seeks to encourage even those who are
"healthy" to make the fullest use of their physical and mental well-being
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