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EXISTING HOUSING ACCOMMODATION.
8. Number of dwelling-houses in the district 41,700
9. Number of working-class houses of the types
given in the reply to question 15
(approximately) 35,000
There are 22,000 houses where the rates are compounded
for, that is, of a rateable value that does not exceed
£20.
10. Average number of working-class houses built
annually during the five vears before the
war 650
11. Number of working-class houses built between
January 1st, 1915, and December 31st,
1918 550
12. Number of empty buildings which might be—
(a) Made suitable, by repairs or alterations,
for housing the working
classes; or
(b) Converted into flats for the working
classes 80
OVERCROWDING.
13. Tenements with more than two occupants per room—
Number of Tenements (in tenement of
buildings) 1
Total number of occupiers 5
14. Number of houses intended for one family
only which are now occupied (without
having been specially adapted) by two or
more families 4,000
RENTS.
15. Particulars of prevailing rents of the various types of
working-class houses in the district:—
Type of House. Weekly Rent
including Rales.
(a) Houses with living room, scullery and two 5/- to 7/- very
bedrooms few in number.
(b) Living room, scullery and three bedrooms
(c) Parlour, living room, scullery and two
bedrooms 7/- to 9/-
(d) Parlour, living room, scullerv and three
bedrooms 9/- to 18/-
(e) Parlour, living room, scullery and four
bedrooms 13/6 to 32/6
(/) Tenements in block buildings 1/6 to 2/6
per room
(g) Other working-class dwellings (specifying) -