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Southall-Norwood 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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(d) Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were made 0
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in
respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the
tenement or room having been rendered fit 0
Clearance Areas.
Three areas were scheduled as clearance areas under the Housing Act of
1930. These were as follows:—
(1) Tildesley Low Cottages—eight houses.
(2) Mount Pleasant Cottages, North Hyde—four houses.
(3) Havelock Road (1-6)—six houses.
A local enquiry was held on the 6th and 7th March, 1935, by an inspector
appointed by the Minister of Health and on the 25th of May the three Orders
were confirmed.
Houses to re-house the tenants from these areas and from individual
unfit houses to be demolished were erected in Allenby Road. The first group
of tenants was moved on the 18th November, 1935.
Individual Unfit Houses.
During the year 35 houses* were represented as being unfit and not
capable at reasonable expense of being rendered fit for human habitation. The
details of these houses are contained in Table No. 30.
Table No. 30.
Table showing dwelling-houses (not included in clearance areas) represented as unfit for human habitation since the passing of the housing act, 1930.
| Premises | No. of houses represented as unfit | Dates of representations | Dates houses rendered fit in accordance with undertakings | Dates undertakings accepted that houses would not be re-let for human habitation | Dates Demolition Orders made | Dates Demolition Orders obeyed | Dates Demoli tion Orders enforce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4, Kingston Road | 4 | 7/1/35 | — | — | 12/3/35 | -/4/35 | — |
| 2-7, Adelaide Cottages | 6 | 7/1/35 | — | — | 12/3/35 | — | |
| 9-13 Woodbine Cottages | 5 | 7/1/35 | — | — | 12/3/35 | — | — |
| Canalside Cottages | 1 | 7/1/35 | — | — | 12/3/35 | — | — |
| 1-3, Archway Cottages | 3 | 7/1/35 | — | — | 12/3/35 | — | — |
| 8-l5 and 18-21, Havelock Road | 12 | 7/1/35 | — | — | 12/3/35 | -/12/35 | — |
| 1. Jericho Cottages | 1 | 20/3/35 | — | — | 5/9/35 | — | — |
| 2 and 3, Featherstone Terrace | 2 | 3/10/35 | — | — | 28/1/36 | — | — |
| Hortus Orchard Cottage | 1 | 3/10/35 | — | — | 5/11/35 | — | — |
* These houses were included under Section 1 (3) of the housing statistics published in my
report for 1934.
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