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Total number of houses owned by the Local Authority 856
Number of new houses built during 1937
(a) By the Local Authority 114
(b) By other bodies or persons 396
Shortage of Housing accommodation for working classes: —
Houses required to (a) replace unsatisfactory property —
(b) provide additional accommodation
See Sanitary Inspector's
remarks on pages 10 and 11.
(4). Housing Act, 1936, Part IV.—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the
end of the year 59
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 59
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 484
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 13
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 21
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such
cases 201
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded after
the Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding Nil
Owing to local industrial activity there is an increasing
demand for houses in Crayford.
There are very few houses to let and the number of
applications for Council Houses keeps increasing out of all
proportion to the number of houses available.
The majority of these applications are from people who are
dissatisfied with their present accommodation either on account
of the high rents, unsuitable type of house, or owing to the
fact that they live outside the area and work in Crayford.
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