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premises. It is pleasing to report that in no instance have the
conditions been found other than satisfactory.
Factory and Workshop Acts, 1901 and 1907. — The total
number of Factories, Workshops and Work-places on the register
is 421.

HOUSING.
General Conditions.—The census of 1921 shows that the
average number of rooms per dwelling in Hornsey was 6.97 (the
highest figure in Middlesex), that there were 1.38 rooms per
person (the third highest figure in the County), and that the
percentage of families living more than two persons in a room
was 3'2. The increase in the number of private families between
1911 and 1921 was 178 per cent., whereas the increase in the
number of dwellings was only 6.3 per cent.
The preparation of a housing scheme under the Housing of
the Working Classes Act was undertaken in 1896, and in 1898
the first cottages in Hornsey were ready for occupation. Since
then 436 cottages have been erected by the Town Council at
Hornsey and Highgate, and 142 at the Coppetts Road site,
making a total of 578. At the end of 1925 some 56 cottages at
the latter site were in course of erection and sanction for another
229 has been obtained. The accommodation at these dwellings
ranges from small flats containing living-room, one bedroom,
scullery and water-closet, to cottages containing sitting-room,
living-room, four bedrooms, bathroom and water-closet. Inclusive
rents vary from 8s. l0d. to 20s. 6d. per week.
Private enterprise has been responsible for the erection of
214 houses during 1925 and for the conversion of houses into flats
in 14 instances.