Wandsworth Common
IN THE NEWS
1924
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Daily News (London) - Thursday 24 April 1924
TENEMENT BUILDING. Sir,—The London County Council propose to spend nearly £4,000.000 on housing this year, and riniong the sites purchased is that of the Fishmongers' Almhouses. East Hill, Wandsworth, one of the most picturesque spots n dot,.
It is eight acres of land close Wandsworth Common, and according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health should provide accommodal ten for sbon, gist people. The L.C.C. pron , st. to erect lofty tenement lveildings for 3.2 4 9 per.. ins notwithstanding the serious ”ojections rd-ed by various Departmental Housing Committees to the piling up of the population in lofty buildings, except in -salfined areas, and the fact that this system is guide unsuitable for a working-class population
The Wandsworth Ratepayers' Association ate actively opposing the L.C.C. scheme in its present form, and it is to be hoped that the Ministry of Health will refuse to satieti..n or subsidise the erection of these tenement buildings.
W. F. Wandsworth,
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