LONDON SLUMS
•SCHEME FOR BETTER HOUSING
MUCH IMPROVEMENT SHOWN
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, August 23
The success of two schemes for moving slum dwellers to modern London flats is described in a report on the Grosvenor and Ebury Bridge housing schemes issued by the Westminster Cjty .Council. The Grosvenor scheme cost £431,600, of which the Duke of Westminster contributed £113,650, .and the land. There were 150 flats completed between April, 1931, and March, 1932.
On the Ebury Bridge estate, where the buildings coat £157,000, all of the 220 flats are now occupied. Both estates record a striking improvements in the condition of premises as compared with- the former dwellings. The figures show that the number of very clean premises increased from 278 to 330, while the number of indifferent premises fell from 95 to 41. A garden guild on the Ebury Bridge estate has been formed by the tenants to which all of the members contribute 2d per month. Th s has been remarkably successful.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1932, Page 2
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165LONDON SLUMS Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1932, Page 2
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