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The total is 394 less than those erected in the year before.
Council's Housing Scheme. The number of houses erected
or acquired by the Council under statutory powers is 540, as
shown in the report for 1937.
The position with regard to applications for tenancies was
as follows:—
Number of eligible applications received by the
Council for houses during 1938 58
Total number of eligible applications on the
files at 31st December, 1938 144
Number of houses allotted to tenants during
1938 30
(An eligible applicant is one with a family
resident in the district).
Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding. During 1938, 42
dwellings were decrowded. In the same period, 20 new cases
of overcrowding came to notice. The net reduction in overcrowded
dwellings during the year was therefore 22. Since
the number of overcrowded dwellings at the beginning of the
year was 58, the number remaining still overcrowded at the
31st December, was 36. The number of persons occupying
these 36 dwellings was 246½ equivalent adults.
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