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No. 33 High Street, Stanmore—the last of the four houses in the
High Street, Stanmore (No. 4) Order made before the war.
101/109 Bessborough Road—these houses while suitable to be the
subject of Clearance Orders, were in fact not officially represented
in view of the Council's decision to acquire them by agreement.
153, 155 and 157 Masons Avenue—the subject of an order.
27, 29, 31 and 33 Shelley Road—Council-owned houses in the Poets
Corner area.
Reconditioning of Houses. Some houses which have been made
the subject of Closing Orders are later satisfactorily reconditioned and the
Closing Orders can then be revoked. Closing Orders in respect of the
following properties were revoked during the year : 7 Frognal Avenue,
12 Kingsfield Road, the first floor flat at 78a Station Road, Wealdstone,
and 1 and 2 Springvilla Cottages.
Certificates of Disrepair
The following is a summary of the applications received for the issue
of certificates of Disrepair under the Rent Act :
Number of Certificates granted 33
Number of applications not granted 1
Number of Undertakings accepted from owners 18
Number of Certificates cancelled upon application 30
Number of applications for a Certificate as to the remedying of
defects 8
Number of applications by owners for Cancellation of Certificates
not granted 2
Overcrowding
The annual review of the state of overcrowding in the district shows
that once more there is an improvement. The number of known cases on
the 31st December, 1959 was forty-nine and the number on the 31st
December, 1960, was thirty-eight.
The net reduction of eleven is the difference between nineteen cases
in which the overcrowding was abated and eight new cases which were
added during the year.
In five instances the overcrowding was abated as a result of families
being rehoused by the Council. Of the eight new cases, seven were the
result of an increase in the size of the family or the ageing of children
and in one case the marriage of one of the children.
Of the thirty-eight cases which were overcrowded on the 31st December
1960, eleven were overcrowded by a half unit, twenty-one by one
unit, four by one-and-a-half units and two by two units.
New Housing
The total number of new dwellings provided in this district from the
end of the war up to the 31st December, I960, was 6,412. Of these. 2,
were new permanent council dwellings and 200 were new temporary
dwellings. 2.861 permanent dwellings have been provided by privae