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HOUSING.
1. General Housing Conditions in the District.
Number of Houses.—At the census of 1911 there
were in Fulham 17,324 ordinary dwelling-houses, 1,102
shops with dwelling-rooms above, and 716 blocks of
flats containing 4,330 flats, and since the census about
360 houses have been built.
Number of Houses for the Working Classes.—There
are 22,212 houses or tenements of a rateable value not
exceeding £30, and, in addition, there are 2,248 houses
assessed as a whole, but let out to two or more tenants.
Assuming that in each of these houses there is an
average of 2.5 tenements below the £30 rateable limit,
the number of working-class houses and tenements may
be estimated at 27,822.
No houses for the working classes were erected
during the year, but drainage plans of 28 houses to be
commenced shortly have been approved.
2. Population.—Particulars have been given on
page 3 of the Report.
3. (a) Extent of Shortage or Excess of Houses, and
(b) Measures taken or contemplated to meet any
shortage.
(a) The housing needs of the borough really depend
on the needs of the metropolis as a whole. Fulham has
ample accommodation for those actually employed in it,
but there is, on account of its accessibility, a practically
unlimited demand for houses of the working-class type;
and this was also the case before the war.
(b) As regards measures to meet the shortage, it must
be recognised that but little actual increase of housing
accommodation can be provided in the borough itself,
unless the whole of the ground occupied by the
Hurlingham Club can be secured. Failing this,
the best that can be hoped for is that sufficient new
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