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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
In my Annual Report for 1933 I commented on the
housing conditions in the Borough and drew attention to
the difficulty of forming an opinion of the standard required
to justify the representation of certain areas as "Clearance
Areas." Notwithstanding the experience gained during the
past year, the difficulty of judging the standard of fitness
or unfitness of a dwelling house still presents a problem
not easy to solve.
It will be recalled that durihg 1933 I made official
representations to the Council, as Medical Officer of Health,
under Section 51 (2) of the Housing Act 1930 in regard
to the undermentioned areas :—
Area No. 1.—Brook Street, Nos. 25 and 27. Orchard
Road, No. 1.
Area No. 2.—Hawks Road, Nos. 82, 84 and 86.
Area No. 3.—Acre Road, Nos. 47, 49 and 51.
Canbury Area A.—Canbury Place, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Canbury Passage, Nos. 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41,
43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55 and 57.
Action in connection with these areas was continued
during 1934 and in the case of Area No. 1 the Town
Council decided to apply for a Compulsory Purchase Order
which was subsequently approved by the Minister of Health.
The owner of the houses in Area No. 3 did not oppose
the proposed Clearance Order and this also was confirmed
by the Minister in due course.