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Essex Street Area.
Lyme Grove Areas Nos. 1 and 2.
Blackshaw Place Area.
Sanford Cottages Area.
Bohemia Place Area.
Frederick Place Area.
Clevedon Passage Area.
Hindrey Place Area.
Bonby Place Area.
Long's Cottages Area.
Laburnum Cottages Area.
Elizabeth Buildings Area.
Prout lioad Area.
Areas Taken Over by the County Council for County Re-Housing Scheme.!.
North Street Area.
Mead Place Areas Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
Broadway Area.
Dyssell Street Area (42 buildings).
Dyssel Street: Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15; 2, 4, G, 8, 10, 12, 14, 1G, 18, 20, 22,
24, 26.
Ramsgate Street: Nos. 25, 27, 29; 26, 28.
Tysten Street: Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38.
Most of the houses in this Area were occupied as tenements. Each building
comprised two floors and the majority each consisted of six rooms and wash-house.
All the houses were typical terrace types, fronting on narrow streets restricted
against vehicular traffic, and situated on a very congested site.
The dwellings were badly planned and arranged internally, lacked adequate
circulation of air and natural light at the rears, due to very restricted and shut-in
yards; some were partly single and back-to-back types, without through ventilation.
There was considerable overshadowing both at the fronts and rears of the properties.
Structures were weak and settled, mostly damp and in an advanced state of
structural disrepair. Most of the rooms were low, cramped, overshadowed and
dark. Sanitary conveniences were unsatisfactory and insufficient, as most of the
dwellings were occupied as tenements.
Represented on December 10th, 1934. Clearance Order made on July 24th,
1935. Public Inquiry held on January 14th, 1936. Confirmed by the Ministry
of Health on March 27th, 193G. The buildings are not yet demolished.
Dunn Street Area (4 buildings).
Dunn Street: Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14.
There were four dwellings in this Area, differing in planning, and all terrace
types. Three houses were two-storey dwellings, each consisting of four rooms and
wash-house, and one was a single-storey building comprising two rooms and a
combined living room and wash-house.
The houses were badly planned and arranged internally, lacked satisfactory
internal ventilation, and one was of single-back type, without through ventilation.
Structures were weak, settled, very damp and in an advanced state of
structural disrepair. All the staircases were dark and unventilated, and rooms
low, cramped and mostly dark. Sanitary conveniences were unsatisfactory and
wash-houses were dark, over-shadowed and badly ventilated.
Represented on February 10th, 1935. Clearance Order made on October 23rd,
1935. Public Inquiry held on January 14th, 1936, and confirmed by the Ministry
of Health on March 27th, 1936. The buildings are not yet demolished.