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Glebe and the Berridge Estates, and that those persons proposed
to be displaced as a result of the operation of the other Clearance
Orders be re-housed on land comprised in the Harrow Urban
(Rayners Lane) Housing Confirmation Order, 1936.
Section 19.
In 1933 the Minister of Health called for a return from all
Authorities of the properties it was anticipated would be considered
for demolition under the Housing Act, 1930, with a five-year programme
showing the rate it was proposed to deal with these up
to the year 1938. In the Hendon Rural District there were twentyone
houses included in the proposal; in the Wealdstone Urban
District, one; and in the Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District,
thirty-seven. By the end of the year all properties included in
these programmes had been the subject of consideration. One
group was dealt with under section one; a number were demolished;
a few ceased to be used for human habitation; a number were
re-conditioned, while any further action with regard to a few in one
district was dependent on the decision of the Council with regard
to a proposal submitted at the end of the year for dealing with the
locality as a re-development area. Apart from these properties
numbers of others have since been discovered which were in such a
state as to justify action being taken in regard to them under this
Section.
Notice to appear was served in respect of twenty-four groups
of properties, totalling sixty-five houses. As a result, demolition
orders were made relating to twenty houses; thirty-nine houses
were re-conditioned; an undertaking was accepted that one was
not to be used for human habitation; while demolition orders in
respect of five houses were held up on the understanding that the
properties would not again be used for human habitation on the
termination of the present tenancies.