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SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
The Chief Public Health Inspector reports as follows:"HOUSING
ACT 1957
The Council's five year programme has been in
large measure implemented. The deterrent to full fruition
lies in the lack of available rehousing sites.
Though Ilford has not got a major slum clearance
problem, there yet remain areas of poor property which
will have to be dealt with under housing legislation. An
ameliorative procedure might be secured if private speculative
developers were to construct dwellings vertically
rather than horizontally.
It is appreciated that most families prefer a garden
site with a separate dwelling, but if they wish to reside
within close proximity to the Metropolis, open space must
be sacrificed for living space.
The department will investigate the possibilities of
the making of a Re-development Area in order to provide
some space for re-housing purposes, yet retaining those
properties which are not sub-standard.
CLEAN AIR ACT 1956
The Council have decided to formulate a proposed
Smokeless Zone and to this end a detailed inspection has
been made of the Padnall Road, Billet Road and Marks Gate
area. Should this proposal fructify, earnest consideration
will be given to its extension across Eastern Avenue to the
area south thereof.
The complaints regarding general emissions of
smoke were not so numerous as in previous years. Industry
is obviously viewing its responsibility under the Act with
some care.