[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch].

  • Shoreditch (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1939]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    152 County of London (Britannia Gardens, Shoreditch, Nos. 1 and 2) Housing Confirmation Orders; County of London (Britannia Gardens) Clearance Order, 1938 (16th December, 1938) This area was declared a clearance area by the London County Council on 7th December, 1937, and clearance and compulsory purchase orders dated 22nd April, 1938, were confirmed on 16th December, 1938. A Ministry of Health Inquiry was held on 19th September, 1938. The total area to be dealt with is 1.67 acres and the displacement of 368 persons is involved, of whom 322 are in occupation of houses in the clearance area and 46 are in occupation of houses on the additional lands. It is proposed to redevelop the lands to be acquired by the erection of two blocks of dwellings, comprising about 78 dwellings containing about 248 rooms and providing accommodation for about 372 persons. Dove Row Clearance Areas (Nos. 1,2, 3, 4 and 5) This area was declared a clearance area by the London County Council on 14th December, 1937, and clearance and compulsory purchase orders were made on 8th April, 1938. A Ministry of Health Inquiry was held on 28th November, 1938, but the orders have not yet been confirmed. The total area is 10.73 acres in extent and the displacement of 2,316 persons is involved, of whom 1,931 are in occupation of houses in the clearance area and 385 are in occupation of houses on the additional lands. It is proposed to redevelop a portion of the site by the erection of five blocks of dwellings, five storeys in height, comprising about 254 dwellings containing about 816 rooms and providing accommodation for about 1,224 persons. The user of the remainder provides for widening of certain streets. Benfleet Place Clearance Areas (Nos. 1 and 2) This area was declared a clearance area by the London County Council on 26th July, 1938. The total area to be acquired is 3.74 acres. The displacement of 699 persons is involved, of whom 535 are in occupation of houses in the clearance area and 164 are in occupation of houses on the additional lands. In addition three other persons will be displaced. It is estimated that seven five-storey blocks, comprising 213 dwellings containing 682 rooms and accommodating 1,023 persons, can be provided on the site of the areas and additional lands.
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