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A considerable portion of the land is intended
for the £250 workmen's cottages whilst there is ample
room for the country house of the City man each in
their respective areas.
Open spaces and recreation grounds are provided
and the necessary shops will be situated near the Great
Central Railway Station.
The Directors of the Company are well known
Harrow residents whose chief desire is to preserve the
amenities of our beautiful neighbourhood.
The Council has instructed Mr. J. Percy Bennetts
your Surveyor to prepare preliminary suggestions
for Town Planning for the whole district; this will ensure
that Harrow will be saved from the fate of other
surburban districts and ever retain its charm.
HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING Etc. ACT, 1909.
House to House Inspection.
In my report for 1910 mention was made of Nos.
1 to 6, Walker's Cottages, Middle Road, and that the
owner had decided to close the cottages rather than
execute the necessary sanitary alterations.
Correspondence was commenced in the Spring
respecting the demolition of these cottages if the
necessary work was not put in hand. This resulted in
their being sold to an owner whose intention was to
put them in a habitable condition.
The new owner immediately commenced the work
of remedying the many sanitary defects and thoroughly
renovating the property, under the supervision of Mr.
Kramm, your Inspector, and the houses are now in
an excellent condition and let at the same rents as
when the houses were insanitary.
With regard to Alma Terrace and Alma Crescent
the most urgent work has only just been completed
and an improvement in the property is noticeable.
The Council considered the question of accepting
the specification of the owners for remedying some of
the insanitary conditions that were found to exist at
Trafalgar Terrace and the alternative that they be
closed.