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Wimbledon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the dwelling-houses having been rendered fit | Nil |
| (4) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made | Nil |
| (5) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders | Nil |
| 4.—Number of houses owned by Local Authority | 124 |
| Number of houses owned by Local Authority and built in last two years: | |
| (a) Held under Part iii. of the Housing Act, 1925 | 48 (flats) |
| (b) Held under Part ii. of the Housing Act, 1925 | Nil |
| (c) Other powers | Nil |
(b) HOUSING CONDITIONS.
(1) General observations as to housing conditions.
The standard of the houses in Wimbledon is extremely
good. The houses, with very few exceptions, are. well constructed,
modern and sanitary. This applies not only to North
Wimbledon, where there is an extremely valuable type of house
property, but also to the southern parts of the Borough, which
are more especially inhabited by the artisan and working classes.
(2) Sufficiency of supply of houses.
(a) The absence of suitable building sites for the erection of
houses for persons of smaller means is largely responsible for
the housing shortage in Wimbledon.
(b) There has been no important change in the population
of Wimbledon in the year under review. Neither is any change
anticipated in the immediate future.
(c) There are no suitable sites available in the district for
providing new houses for the artisan and working classes. This
is the principal difficulty confronting the Council in dealing with
the housing problem. Nine houses are being constructed by the
Council in Faraday Road, on one of the few available sites
remaining in the Borough.
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