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Compulsory Purchase Order was confirmed by the Minister with
modification on the 14th September, 1955. The modification
excluded two dwellings already acquired by the Borough Council.
The total dwellings comprised in these Compulsory Purchase
Orders are 202. All the Orders were confirmed with 10 dwellings
excluded as "grey" and 68 excluded owing to previous purchase
by the Council.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
Slum Clearance.—Five-Year Programme
In June the Health Committee and later the Council considered
a joint report by the Chief Officers as to the proposals to be submitted
to the Minister of Housing and Local Government for
dealing with houses which appeared to be unfit for human habitation
and liable to demolition within the next five years. The
proposals were to the effect that 541 houses were estimated to be
unfit for human habitation within the meaning of Section 9 of the
Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954, and suitable for action under
Section 11 or Section 25 of the Housing Act 1936.
These included 192 houses referred to above, i.e., 51 in Wood
Street ward, 32 in Hale End ward and 119 in St. James's Street
ward. There remained 349 houses which may be included in
Clearance Areas still to be declared and which within the five years
may be owned by the local authority or may be included in a
clearance order or a compulsory purchase order to be submitted
to the Minister.
In December, the Walthamstow (St. Stephen's Road)
Clearance Area 1955 and the Walthamstow (West Street and St.
Stephen's Road) Clearance Area were approved by the Council.
The two areas, which were contiguous, comprise 64 dwellings.
Towards the end of 1955, house-to-house inspections commenced
in regard to Tenby and Southcote Roads and a report will
be submitted to the Council in due course.
Extract from Form P. 13 (Housing) 1955
Part B. Houses not included in Clearance Areas
Houses demolished or closed in the period.
Number of
(1) Housing Act, 1936 Houses persons displaced*
(a) Demolished as a result of formal
or informal procedure (Section 11) 6 20
(b) Closed in pursuance of an undertaking
given by owners under
Section 11 and still in force — —
(c) Parts of building closed (Section
12) 2 12
(2) Housing Act, 1949
Closed as a result of closing orders
under Sections 3(1) and 3(2) — —
(3) Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953
Closed as a result of closing orders
under Sections 10(1) and 11(2) 1 4