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Harrow 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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The following is a summary of the position at the end of the year:
Number in original survey 577
Number added since 13
590
Number the subject of Orders 156
Number purchased by Local Authority 33
Number demolished 35
Action started in respect of 60
Number reconditioned 25
309
Number to be dealt with 281
Demolition of Houses
At the end of the year some of the following groups of houses which were the subject of Clearance Orders confirmed in 1939 were still occupied:
| Address | Date of Order | No. still occupied |
|---|---|---|
| 2-40, Headstone Drive | 1939 | 4 |
| 1-5, Brewery Cottages | 1939 | 5 |
| High Street, Stanmore No. 4 | 1939 | 4 |
Some of the following groups of properties which had been officially
represented since the war were still occupied at the end of the year. In
In all cases the Council decided to acquire by agreement:
| Address | Date of Official Representation | No. still occupied |
|---|---|---|
| 2-12, Palmerston Road | 1953 | |
| 29-34, Little Common | 1953 | 5 |
| 31, 33, 35, 37, Crown Street | 1954 | 1 |
| 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, Waldron Road, | 1956 | 1 |
| 1, Albert Cottages and 8-9, Albert Place, | 1956 | 3 |
| 15, 17, 19, Crown Street | 1956 | 3 |
The following properties, while suitable to be the subject of Clearance
Orders, were not officially represented, but negotiations were entered
into with the view to their being acquired by the Council by agreement.
101-9, Bessborough Road 44-60, Greenford Road
34-42, Palmerston Road.
The following houses which were the subject of earlier Closing or
Demolition orders were still standing at the end of the year:—
1-7, Kingsfield Terrace (1939). 40, Milton Road (1953)
45, West Street (1955) 46, Milton Road (1955)
58-60, Crown Street (1955) 32, Milton Road (1955)