[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Watford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (6) SCHEMES TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE. The active part played by the Borough of Watford in municipal housing has been referred to in previous reports. When, however, so much has been done there is always a list of families who desire a Corporation house. Mr. Pickering’s list still has the names of about 500 families, some of whom are already in possession of a house. At the time of writing this Report there is a definite proposal to erect 120 additional houses for relief of shortage. (c) CORPORATION HOUSING SCHEMES COMPLETED. (At the end of the year 1935). The list of houses given below includes not only those erected to relieve shortage, but also houses built for the re-housing of tenants from insanitary areas which have been demolished. LIST OF HOUSES OWNED BY CORPORATION Assisted Schemes. 1919 Act (Total 953). Harebreaks (C. Brightman and Son) ... ... ... 828 Harebreaks (Garden Cities Co.) ... ... ... 47 Sydney Road ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 Rickmansworth Road ... ... ... ... ... 10 Rose Gardens ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 Pre-1919 Scheme. Willow Lane ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 1923 Act Scheme. Rookery Road ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 1924 Act Scheme (Total 444). Wiggenhall Hall Estate ... ... ... ... 122 Harebreaks (Gammons Farm Estate) ... ... ... 124 Eastbury Road (Thorpe Crescent) ... ... ... 80 Harebreaks (Leggatts Way and Elm Grove) ... ... 18 Leavesden Green Estate ... ... ... ... 100 1930 Act Scheme (Total 150). Leavesden Green ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 Water Lane (4 cottages and 16 flats) ... ... ... 20 Tenant Purchase Schemes (Total 112). Leggatts Way ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Harebreaks ... ... ... ... ... ... 54 Blackwell Drive ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 Eastbury Road ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Grand Total (at end of 1936) 1,721