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and Riverview Gardens, leading to Cross Deep, and 44 in
Prospect Crescent and Kneller road, Whitton. None of the
houses were ready for occupation by the end of the year,
but the work was in progress on 24 of the houses in the
Cross Deep estate, and on 44 houses in Whitton.
The Council, by the termination of the year, had
authorised the erection of 145 houses.
I am indebted to the Surveyor for the above figures and
the following particulars.
The types of houses in the Council's Housing Scheme
include:—
Type A.
Flatted houses. Each house containing
living room, scullery and two bedrooms.
Type B.
Living room, scullery and three bedrooms.
Type D.
Parlour, living room, scullery and three
bedrooms.
Type E.
Parlour, living room, scullery and four
bedrooms.
All the houses are provided with w.c., separate bathroom,
larder, and inside coal store, and are fitted with
dresser, cupboards and ample shelving. The plans of the
various houses are arranged so as to secure as far as possible
the maximum amount of sunlight to the living rooms and
bedrooms. The stairs, which start from a small entrance
lobby with space under for cycle or perambulator, are
lighted by landing windows, and the larders are placed on
the north and east side of the house.
The houses generally are erected in blocks of four with
a passage on the ground floor between the second and third
houses of of each block, in order to provide separate means
of access to the back, and are constructed of 9-inch brickwork,
finished with cement roughcast or stucco, and the
roofs covered with tiles.