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Recommend—
(а) That the Seal of the Council be affixed to a provisional
agreement for the acquisition, subject to the approval
of the Ministry of Health and to the necessary Loan
being obtained, of the site referred to, at the price
which has been reported to us in Committee.
(b) That a Housing Scheme be submitted to the Ministry
of Health for their approval in respect of this site.
(c) That, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 16, application
be made to the London County Council for
sanction to borrow the amount required for the
purchase of the site.
Statement of Action taken to 31st December, 1919.
105. On the 31st July, 1919, the Ministry of Health approved
the purchase of the site at Eltham, and the Council thereupon
appointed Superintending and Executant Architects.
The lay.out of the site in five sections was subsequently
generally, but not finally, approved, and it was decided to start
building on Section "D," where accommodation is available for
approximately 553 houses.
The types of houses to be built were also approved, and tenders
were invited for the first 50 houses.
Overcrowding.
106. There is no exact definition of overcrowding, but in
actual practice there are two generally accepted standards:
(a) The Registrar.General, for census purposes, accepts as a
standard of overcrowding the occupation of a room by
more than two persons;