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V.—SANITARY
ADMINISTRATION
HOUSING.
During the year 1949 no insanitary areas have been represented
or declared by the Council, but the District Sanitary Inspectors
have surveyed small areas with numbers of unfit houses and records
have been compiled for future use.
Demolition Orders under Section 11 of the Housing Act, 1936,
have been made on 8 unfit houses, and Closing Orders under Section
12 of the Housing Act, 1936, have been made on 6 parts of houses
involving altogether the displacement of 42 persons.
A block of 27 flats was completed at St. Olave's Estate, 12 flats
and 2 cottages at Henley Close, and 13 flats at St. John's Estate.
Accommodation for 175 families was provided during 1949
in properties controlled by this Council; 212 exchanges or transfers
of tenancies were arranged, providing improved accommodation,
and a further 278 Bermondsey families were accommodated by the
London County Council, 128 of whom were specially recommended
by this Council: 138 families were recommended to the London
County Council on grounds of overcrowding.
HOUSING ACT, 1936—OVERCROWDING.
The following new cases of overcrowding have been encountered
during the year : —
In private dwellings 85
In Bermondsey Borough Council dwellings 24
In London County Council dwellings 21
Total 130
Total number of cases of overcrowding at present on the
Register 693