Sunshine Way is the name of a crescent in Mitcham, built in 1936 for families from overcrowded areas of inner London.
The houses date from a period of growing awareness of the link between bad housing and health problems. Sunshine Way consisted of 51 mostly three bedroom houses.
The development included specially-designed houses to suit the needs of tuberculosis patients and the name Sunshine Way referred to the six special ’sunshine’ houses for people with TB. Each house had a patio area in the roof where a resident could spend the night in the open air - fresh air was considered an important part of prevention and treatment before effective drugs were developed.
The site for Sunshine Way was bought by Church Army Housing Ltd and the total cost including building the houses and also a community hall came to £31 000. The housing estate was officially opened on 20 November 1936 by Lord Horder and was blessed by the Bishop of Kingston.
Sunshine Way is the name of a crescent in Mitcham, built in 1936 for families from overcrowded areas of inner London.
