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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
Wandsworth Plain Improvement Scheme.
On the 25th February, 1929, I made an official representation
under Section 35 of the Housing Act, 1925, in respect of an area
adjoining High Street, Wandsworth, known as the Wandsworth
Plain Area, to the effect that this was an insanitary area within
the meaning of Part II of the Act, and that the most satisfactory
method of dealing with it was by means of an Improvement Scheme.
This area is situated in Southfield Ward and is about 5¾
acres in extent. It is bounded on the North by Frogmore, on
the West by Putney Bridge Road, on the South by High Street,
Wandsworth, and on the East by The Plain. It contains 130
dwelling houses and five premises which are used for business
purposes only.
On the 19th March, the Council resolved that this was an
unhealthy area and that an Improvement Scheme be made in
respect of it The Scheme was made and adopted by the Council
on the 23rd July, and it was decided in October to present a petition
to the Minister of Health for an Order confirming the Scheme.
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923.
62 applications for Certificates were received during the
year. On inspection it was found that all the premises except
one were not reasonably fit for human habitation.
Five of them were put in a reasonable state of repair before
the meeting of the Committee at which Certificates would have
been granted, and in one instance the applicant removed before
the meeting of the Committee.
Of the 55 premises in respect of which Certificates were
granted, two tenants removed, and 45 were rendered reasonably
fit during the year.