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Sanitary Administration.
1 Cleveland Gardens, and a strip of land owned by Mr. Wood,
fronting the High Street, Barnes. Warings Cottage and outbuildings,
Vine Cottages, Quick's Cottages, Morwenha Cottages,
Wentworth Row and Parker's Row, Thorne Cottages, St. John's
Row, Burree's Cottage, and 1 Cleveland Gardens, were to be
demolished. A road 40 feet wide to be constructed on the lines of
the present Malthouse Passage, with an entrance from the High
Street for a distance of 110 yards and continued for a further 25
yards to Cleveland Gardens, 35 feet wide. 1 to 7 Malthouse
Cottages were to be repaired and proper air space provided at the
rear. Six new cottages were to be erected. The estimated cost of
the Scheme was £12,800.
The Local Government Board on the 27th November, 1912,
approved the Scheme, and made an Order requiring the Council to
make provision under a re-housing scheme for 120 persons as against
80 originally allowed for.
The District Council at their meeting in December, 1912,
directed the Surveyor to prepare the plans of the buildings to be
erected on the site when cleared. These plans were submitted to
the District Council at their meeting in January, 1913, when they
were approved.
As regards the purchase of the property required, a contract
has been entered into with Mr. Burree for the purchase of his
cottage and land, otherwise no steps have been taken to acquire
other properties.