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Housing Applications — Assessments on Medical Grounds
Where housing applicants submit medical evidence supporting their requests for re-housing in
Council accommodation, their cases are assessed by senior medical officers of the Health Department.
During 1968 requests were received for 630 cases to be investigated, and recommendations were
made upon medical priorities. This number represented a small decrease of about 2% below the
number of 647 requests in 1967. Most of the recommendations continued to be made on the basis of
the medical evidence submitted, and the information regarding the existing accommodation on the
Housing Department files. Only in special circumstances was a visit made to the house.
There was a considerable increase in the number of requests for visits to Council tenants
requiring transfer on medical grounds. Forty-five of these visits were made compared with twentyseven
in 1967. Quite a number of these cases were housewives who had been unable to adjust to
living conditions in large blocks of flats, and whose doctors were convinced that their mental health
was deteriorating despite medical treatment.

*These figures include second investigations carried out during year
202 cases were visited before assessment

*These figures include second assessments made during the year
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