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Brentford and Chiswick 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Chiswick Common Road Clearance Area, 1955
Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 26, 27 and 28 Chiswick Common Road,
The number of persons to be displaced from these houses is 16.
Walnut Tree Road Clearance Area, 1955
Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. 21 and 22 Walnut Tree Road,
Brentford
These properties were also included in a Compulsory Purchase Order which
was confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government on the 14th
September, 1955 with modifications The Order was modified by the exclusion
therefrom of Nos. 12 and 13 which are already owned by the Council,, and the
exclusion from both the Order and the Clearance Area of the passage-way between
Nos, 22 and 23 Walnut Tree Road
The number of persons to be displaced from these houses is 35, of which
12 persons (3 families) were rehoused by the Council at the end of the year
Individual houses - Section 11, Housing Act, 1936
Nos, 1 2, 3, 4 5 6 7 and 8 Haywood Terrace, Chiswick,
The above houses,, included in the Council's slum clearance programme, were
considered to be unfit for human habitation and not capable at a reasonable
expense of being rendered so fit. The Council intend to acquire and "patch"
these properties as provided for by section 3 of the Housing Repairs and Rents
Act, 1954,
Nos, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52 The Ham, Brentford
The above unfit houses, suitable for inclusion in a Clearance Area, were
acquired by the Middlesex County Council and were demolished in May, 1955,
The occupants (4 families - comprising 16 persons) were rehoused during
1954 by this Council with the consent of the Ministry of Housing and Local
Government
During the year the under-mentioned 25 unfit houses in Clearance Areas
were demolished, and the occupants rehoused by the Council, The number of
persons so displaced was 93,
Church Alley, Brentford,
Nos, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 Church Alley and Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Newbury
Cottages, Brentford,,
The Ham, Brentford,
Nos, 25, 43, 45, 47 and 49 and Nos 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52 The Ham,
Brentford.
Old Spring Gardens, Brentford
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Old Spring Gardens, Brentford,
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