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James Place: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Brown's Place: Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
Dunn's Cottages: Nos. 1, 2, 3.
Middle Street: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Dunn Street: Nos. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40; 11, 13, 15,
17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35.
Areola Street: Nos. 67, 69, 71, 73.
An Area consisting of eighty-two terrace-type properties, situated in a lowlying
site forming a large cul-de-sac, containing narrow streets, some of which were
restricted against vehicular traffic. The accommodation in the buildings varied
and included seventy-two houses each with four rooms and wash-house. The houses
had external water supplies in the yards and nine were without sinks. Many
of the houses were badly planned and arranged internally, lacked satisfactory
internal ventilation, had floors below the levels of the adjacent streets, were overshadowed
and all the buildings contained low and cramped rooms. Staircases
generally were sunken, winding, dangerous and in many instances dark and
unventilated and led directly out of living rooms.
Structures were weak, bulged, settled, cracked, damp and generally in a bad
state of disrepair. Some of the yards were restricted and below the required superficial
area, and sanitary conveniences were mostly damp and unsatisfactory.
Represented on October 14th, 1935. Clearance Order made on April 29th,
1936. Public Inquiry held on September 21st, 1936, and confirmed by the
Ministry of Health on November 30th, 1936. The buildings have not yet been
demolished. This Area is to be developed for re-housing.
Station Buildings Area No. 1 (19 buildings).
Station Buildings: Nos. 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.
Haggerston Road: Nos. 145, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 157.
The houses in this Area were all terrace types, situated on a congested site,
many fronting on a narrow cul-de-sac. The accommodation provided in the
buildings ranged from a two-roomed cottage to a building with five rooms. Seven
houses had external water supplies in the yards, eight were without sinks, seven
were without wash-houses and six had wash coppers situated in the yards exposed
to inclement weather. The houses were mostly badly planned and arranged
internally, lacked satisfactory internal ventilation and natural light and had floors
below the levels of the adjoining ground. Many were overshadowed and all the
buildings contained low and cramped rooms. Some of the buildings had street
doors opening directly into living rooms. Staircases in many instances were dark
and unventilated and led directly out of living rooms. Structures were weak,
bulged, settled, damp and generally in a bad state of disrepair, the sanitary
conveniences were unsatisfactory and some of the yards were restricted and below
the required superficial area.
Represented on December 9th, 1935. Clearance Order made on March 25th,
1936. Public Inquiry held on June 22nd, 1936, and confirmed by the Ministry of
Health on August 13th, 1936. The buildings have not yet been demolished.
Station Buildings Area No. 2 (9 buildings).
Acton Street: Nos. 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37.
This Area consisted of nine aged terrace-type dwellings, each consisting of two
floors with four rooms and wash-house.
Most of the houses were badly planned and arranged internally, lacked satisfactory
internal ventilation and natural light, and had floors below the level of the
adjoining ground. All the buildings contained low and cramped rooms and
unventilated passages. Staircases were dark, unventilated, sunken and in many
instances led directly out of living rooms. Structures were weak, bulged, settled,