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HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
I feel I can do no other than repeat what I have
said in previous Reports.
" No action has been taken under the Housing of"
"the Working Classes Act to provide less expensive"
"housing accommodation. The rents paid by the"
"working classes in Harrow bear far too high a propor-"
"tion to their wages. Married men with large families"
"have serious difficulty in finding adequate housing"
"accommodation, and as our birth-rate is steadily"
''declining, I would recommend the Council to con"sider
whether it is not desirable to provide at a "
"moderate rent healthy house room for cases where "
"working folk have large families. By doing so a"
"great obstacle to maintaining and increasing the"
" birth-rate would be removed."
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING.
A scheme called the South Hill Estates has been
laid before the Council and received its approval.
This when carried out will add three hundred
houses and a probable population of 1800 inhabitants
to Harrow.
The site is on the southern slope of the hill and
admirably situated from a public health and aesthetic
point of view and when completed must add greatly
to the attractions of Harrow.
The plan shows that seven houses to the net acre
will be erected (deducting roads and open spaces). The
roads vary from 40 to 50 feet in width.
Every advantage has been taken of the natural
beauty of the estate, fine old trees will be preserved
and straight roads avoided and one of the main roads
has the picturesque name of " Winding Way."
Some of the roads are not thoroughfares so that
the tired brain worker can enjoy sound refreshing sleep.
The main roads run from East to West which from
a sunlight point of view in planning houses is the most
suitable.