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Housing Accommodation Applications.
All applications made to the Council are normally dealt with by
the Housing Manager, who refers to me those cases in which the
application is based wholly or partly on medical grounds. These cases
include applications for transfer from Council tenants and licensees
of requisitioned premises. He also refers certain cases in which some
special feature is involved (e.g., fitness of basement rooms).

Sixty-nine families, in respect of which "essential" recommendations
had been given, were rehoused during the year.
In October, the Council adopted a "Points Scheme" to deal with
applications for housing accommodation. Under this scheme, points
are allocated by the Housing Manager for statutory overcrowding;
bedroom deficiency; lack of a separate home, etc., and he still refers
cases of ill-health and unsuitable accommodation, for which points up
to a maximum of 10 can be allocated under each heading.
Each case is placed in a group according to the number of
bedrooms required by the family. Cases with the highest number of
points in each group are submitted to the Housing Committee for
instructions.
The Points Scheme came into force at the beginning of November,
and at the end of the year the Housing Manager's staff were still
engaged in "pointing" the applications. This scheme does not apply
to applications for transfers from Council or requisitioned property,
which are still dealt with under the previous system.
The London County Council also refer cases in which there
appears to be overcrowding, for the submission, in appropriate cases,
of an " orange form." Overcrowding was found to exist in 122
instances.
The London County Council also notify cases in which the
application alleges sanitary defects. The houses are inspected and
action to secure the remedy of any defects found is taken.
Increase of Rent, &c., Acts.
Five certificates that houses or parts thereof were not in a reasonable
state of repair were issued to tenants.
Five reports that houses or parts thereof were in a reasonable
state of repair were issued to landlords.