[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes] page 19

Hayes 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: Housing.(i) GENERAL HOUSING CONDITIONS IN THE AREA:—

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Housing.

(i) GENERAL HOUSING CONDITIONS IN THE AREA:—

(1) General housing conditions:	Satisfactory.
(2) —(a) Extent of shortage or excess of houses, and	Shortage, 726 of the Ministry's estimate of 2,078 houses have been erected.
(b) Measures taken or contemplated to meet any shortage:	No houses were erected by the Council during 1925, but preparations are being made whereby it is hoped to erect a further 100 houses during 1926.
(3) Information as to any important changes in population during the period under review or anticipated in the future:	No important change in population has occurred during the period under review, but in consequence of the large amount of employment afforded by the factories in the district, the number of would-be residents of Hayes is large.
(ii) OVERCROWDING: —
(1) Extent:	The amount of overcrowding in the district is above the normal but is not excessive.
(2) Causes:	Insufficient housing accommodation.
(3) Measures taken or contemplated for dealing with overcrowding;	(a) As houses under tle control of the Council become vacant preference is given on re-letting to acute cases of over-crowding.
	(b) Preparations are being made for the erection of additional houses.
(4) Principal cases of overcrowding during the year 1925, and action taken.	Legal proceedings were taken during 1925 in one case of over-crowding. Houses were allotted to people from over-crowded areas.
(iii) FITNESS OF HOUSES.
(1) —(a) General standard of housing in the area ; and	Fair.