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Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Total
On list at end of 1956 8 10 15 3 3
Added to list during 1957 3 7 9 19
11 17 24 52
Rehoused or removed from list
during 1957 7 8 5 20
On list at end of 1957 4 9 19 32
In addition to the tuberculosis cases, 30 other cases were
recorded as needing special consideration on medical grounds and
91 cases on general housing grounds.
Housing Need and Provision of New Building
In July it was estimated that the housing need was for 3,371
dwellings and that 2,771 only could be provided in the Borough
having regard to projected clearance in the ten-year programme. At
the end of November a revision of applications on the housing
register showed a total of 3,342 applicants and that 1,460 (approximately
44%) were agreeable to out of Borough housing on the
estates to be built at Billericay and Canvey Island.
During the year, tenders for 416 dwellings received Ministerial
approval. Tenders for an additional 262 dwelings (including 149 at
Outwood Common, Billericay) were obtained and were awaiting
approval, and drawings for a further 161 dwellings, were in course
of preparation. The whole of these 839 new dwellings represented
an approximate capital cost of £1,503,228. Tenders had been
accepted for 224 dwellings at Canvey Island, half of which are to
be for Walthamstow applicants.
In addition, authority was given for the lease or purchase of
up to 100 dwellings (including 49 already bought) in order to
rehouse occupants of requisitioned properties.
By the end of the first week in January, 1958, the 2,000th
post-war newly erected dwelling came into management by the
Housing Department. It was decided to seek Ministerial approval
during the ensuing year to a programme of 308 new dwellings
within the Borough and 251 at Billericay—a total of 559.
Between 1st April, 1945, and 31st December, 1957, private
builders had completed 576 dwellings in Walthamstow.
This statement has been compiled with the co-operation of
the Borough Architect, Engineer and Surveyor and the Housing
Manager.