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Statement of (a) Rebuilt (war damage) and
(b) New Dwellings erected by the Borough Council
and Private Enterprise between the end of the
Second World War and the 31st December,1955

It should be noted that the Borough Council1' s figures include a number of
dwellings on the Syon Estate Isleworth which is in the adjoining Borough of
Heston and Isleworth,
Modernisation of Council Houses
It was decided that in Council houses supplied only by gas„ electricity
would be provided for lighting purposes and heating where required, and this
work was being carried on throughout the year in individual properties,
A plan was also prepared, for 196 Council houses to provide for replacement
of old fashioned cooking ranges by open fireplaces, retaining the existing hot
water services. For 220 houses with no separate hot water facilities, plans
were made for the cooking ranges to be replaced by open fireplaces, and for
either complete hot water installations or alternatively back boilers to existing
open fireplaces.
Overcrowding
Twenty-six cases of alleged overcrowding were investigated by the Department
staff during the year, Of these, seventeen were found to be statutorily overcrowded,
and were accordingly notified to the Housing Department for consideration
by the Housing Committee It will be seen from the Housing Statistics on
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