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of the Borough, a report intended to convey an impression of the housing conditions
of the Borough, although it was obviously impossible in this report to accurately
define all the areas or to include all property that was deserving of the attention
of the Council.
This report was forwarded to the Ministry of Health and the London County
Council, and the County Council carried out an investigation of the information
contained therein.
A conference was held with the London County Council on the 11th April,
1929, and on the 26th November, 1929, I represented four areas that can be
described as the Warburton Square, Northwold Road, Morning Lane and Duncan
Square areas to the London County Council, the County Council having agreed
to deal with these areas.
An area, described as the Banister Street area, was represented and reported
to the Borough Council on the 15th January, 1930.
These representations were made under the Housing Act, 1925, but the Housing
Act, 1930, being then under consideration, no further steps were taken to deal with
the representations.
On the 17th December, 1930, the Housing Committee reported to the Borough
Council that the London County Council had intimated its intention to include
in the provisional programme to be submitted to the Minister of Health under
the Housing Act, 1930, the Duncan Square, Morning Lane, Northwold Road and
Warburton Square areas, and suggested that the following areas should be dealt
with by the Borough Council:—
Abbot Street area,
Banister Street area,
Berkshire Road area,
Broadway area,
Clarence Terrace area,
East Street area,
Elsdale Street area,
Fulham Place area,
High Hill Ferry area,
Middlesex Wharf area,
Nisbet Street area,
Otley Terrace area,
Pear Tree Court area,
Queen's Court area.
The Borough Council agreed to deal with these areas as Clearance Areas.
DUNCAN SQUARE AREA.
Dr. King Warry, in his Annual Report for 1900, states that on 1st May, 1900,
a "Representation" was made to the London County Council as regards this area.
The area, apart from one or two shops, workshops, stores and stabling,
consists principally of small cottage-type properties, most of which are cramped
on the land and so ill-arranged and congested as to prevent free circulation of
air. The narrowness of the streets and closeness of the houses one to another has
resulted in great congestion and a consequent general deficiency of air-space—
especially back air-space. The general arrangement of the buildings and streets
is bad, the former are mostly arranged in small square blocks, the majority having
a tiny confined yard, backing on or adjacent to its neighbour; this arrangement