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HOUSING.
CLEARANCE AND REHOUSING.
All the areas included in the Borough Council's two five-year
slum clearance programmes have now been represented to the
Council and further representations of unfit properties for clearance
have been deferred pending the re-housing of persons still residing
in areas where clearance and compulsory purchase orders have been
confirmed by the Minister of Health.
The three remaining areas which were represented during the
year were Link Street Area, 20 houses and 96 residents; Westgate
Street Area, four buildings with 24 flats and 92 residents; and
Hartwell Street Area, three houses and ten residents. Hartwell
Street Area was taken over and dealt with by the London County
Council.
The number of clearance areas inspected and represented by
me and dealt with by the Borough Council now totals 63, and
includes 984 houses with a population of 4,632; altogether, the
number of houses represented by me under the Housing Acts and
dealt with either by the London County Council or the Borough
Council is 1,593. The County Council have other areas in the
Borough under consideration for action under the Housing Act.
During the year the necessary evidence has been prepared,
Public Inquiries have been held, and inspections have been made
by Ministry of Health Inspectors as regards the following seven
clearance areas:—
HACKNEY BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Dagmar Cottages Area 3 houses
Hackney Grove Area 3 ,,
Link Street Area 20 ,,
Tower Street Area 17 flats
Westgate Street Area 24 ,,
Total 67
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
Mead Place Area 179 properties
North Street Area 69 ,,
The North Street Area was originally represented by me to
the Borough Comicil and was subsequently taken over by the
London County Council under the Housing Act for industrial
purposes.