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Palmerston Road, four in Crown Street and six at Little Common. In
April, 1955, then 183 of the 577 houses were the subject of some action.
By the end of 1959, the position was this:
Of the 29 houses in Clearance Orders confirmed by 1955, 23 had been
demolished. One of the other six was vacant.
Of the 39 houses the subject of Demolition or Closing Orders by
1955, 34 had been demolished.
Of the 115 other houses in regard to which action had already been
started by 1955, all being included in Clearance Orders, 22 had been
demolished.
At the time the Council's programme was sent to the Ministry, 193
of the 577 houses were the subject of some action. Of the other 394, 27
have been demolished, and in regard to 125 action has been or is being
taken.
Of the 577 properties referred to in the return, 106 have been demolished
; one other house not included in the return has also been demolished
under the provisions of the Housing Act. Twenty-one have been reconditioned.
It is expected that a substantial proportion of those not yet
dealt with will be reconditioned, and so be removed at least for the time
being from the original list.
There are prospects that large numbers of these 577 houses will be
demolished in the near future as 34 are vacant, 11 have been acquired by
the Council and 115 have been represented or are the subject of confirmed
Orders.
Demolition of Houses
There were, at the end of the year, many houses which, although
they had been the subject of orders condemning them as unfit for human
habitation, were still occupied.
Very gradually those houses the subject of confirmed Clearance
Orders which were made before the war, have been vacated and demolished.
The rehousing of the remaining tenants in the houses Nos. 2-40
Headstone Drive during the year resulted in the position at the end of
the year being that the only houses the subject of pre-war Clearance
Orders which were still occupied are the five Nos. 1-5 Brewery Cottages.
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
all cases the Council decided to acquire: