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Kensington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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The Borough Council have made special arrangements with the London County Council by
which ninety-nine Kensington families will be placed in improved housing accommodation on the
County Council's Wormholt Estate adjacent to North Kensington, and have agreed to pay the sum
of £7 per house per annum for a period of twenty years in respect of this accommodation. The
majority of these houses are now occupied.
It may be mentioned further that the London County Council, in connection with their large
housing estates, allocate fifty per cent. of the accommodation to applicants nominated by the
Borough Councils and reserve the remaining fifty per cent. for applicants on their own general list.
It has been ascertained from the County Council that about 150 families comprising 755 persons
nominated by the Borough Council have been given houses on the County Council estates and that
the number of Kensington families from their general list who have been allotted improved accommodation
is 663, representing about 2,652 persons.
SUMMARY.
The housing accommodation provided by the Council together with that provided by the County Council and occupied by Kensington families may be summarised as follows: —
| Pre-War. | Number of persons accommodated. |
|---|---|
| Houses and Flats in Kenley Street, Hesketh Place and Runcorn Place, abutting upon Avondale Park | 540 |
| Buildings above referred to at— | 1,902 |
| Avondale Park Gardens and Mary Flac.e | |
| St. Quintin Estate | |
| Thresher's Place | |
| St. James's Place | |
| Sirdar Road | |
| Bos worth Road | |
| Flats and maisonettes provided by conversion of large houses | 357 |
| Houses on Wormholt Estate | 545 |
| On other Estates of L.C.C____ | 755 |
| 4,099 | |
| Add number of Kensington persons accommodated on the County Council's various estates from their general list | 2,652 |
| 6,751 |
In the estimates for each year since 1924-5, the Council have provided a sum of £10,000 for
the purpose of buying and reconditioning dilapidated property.
ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS.
The number of houses and flats acquired during the year by the Wilsham Trust Company,
the Improved Tenements Association, the Kensington Housing Trust and similar bodies was 55 ;
these have been or will be altered so as to provide satisfactory accommodation for about 165
families.
The accommodation in North Kensington now owned and managed by housing associations ls shown in the following table: —
| Single-Family Houses. | Self-contained Flats. | Tenement Houses Let in Lodgings. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Houses. | No. of Families accommodated in Tenement Houses. | Houses or self-contained flats. | Families. | |||
| Wilsham Trust Company | 124 | 49 | 49 | 186 | 222 | 358 |
| Improved Tenements Association | 42 | 16 | 62 | 209 | 120 | 275 |
| Kensington Housing Trust | 14 | 4 | 23 | 82 | 41 | 106 |
| Others | — | 9 | 30 | 100 | 39 | 109 |