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and the London County Council on clearance area sites in the
borough:—
Hackney Borough Council .
Estates. Clearance Area Sites.
Banister House 160 flats Banister Street.
Nisbet House 311 ,, Nisbet Street.
Shacklewell House 50 ,, Shacklewell Lane.
Hindle House 197 ,, Hindie Street.
In course of erection:—
Beecholme — Prout Road.
Oldhill Street — Long's Cottages.
London County Council.
Northwold 575 flats Northwold Road.
Morning Lane 205 ,, Morning Lane.
High Hill Ferry 191 ,, High Hill Ferry.
Morningside 151 ,, Mead Place.
Duncan Square 101 ,, Duncan Square.
Warburton 68 ,, Warburton Square.
In course of erection:—
Broadway House — Broadway.
Since 1920 the Borough Council have completed a total of
2,961 permanent dwellings, whilst the corresponding figure for the
London County Council is 4,737. Both authorities have other
dwellings in the course of erection.
From the foregoing resume of housing activities in Hackney
it will be seen that despite the difficulties encountered considerable
progress has been made. The old slum properties have given
place to modern flats and whilst perhaps flat dwellings, lacking
privacy to some extent and but a poor substitute for houses with
gardens, are not all that one might desire, there can be no doubt
that the families concerned are now living in far more healthy
surroundings than they did formerly.
What the present housing position would have been had we
not suffered the 1939-1945 war and its aftermath is, of course, a
matter of conjecture, but it is certain that had the rate of progress
experienced between the two wars been maintained we would have
been at least very close to the ideal standard aimed at by all public
health administrators.
Much still remains to be done but it is extremely gratifying to
me to have been the Borough's Medical Officer of Health during
the period when the first really progressive steps in slum clearance
were taken.