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These common lodging houses were inspected on 136 occasions,
and 7 notices were served.
The remaining common lodging house is situated at 124, Camberwell
Road and is licensed for 245 male persons.

Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts.
During the year 53 applications for certificates under these
enactments were received. There were also 13 applications from
owners of property for certificates stating that the requirements
of the Sanitary Authority had been complied with in respect of
certificates issued to tenants under these Acts. In every case a
certificate was issued.
Housing Applications.
During the year 379 applications were received at the Public
Health Department for re-housing accommodation on the grounds
of ill-health, bad housing conditions or overcrowding and were
forwarded to the London County Council for attention. At
December 31st last, 159 of these applications had been satisfactorily
dealt with by that Authority. There were also 438 applications
received during the year for housing accommodation in
properties owned by this Council.
Housing Act, 1935. Prevention and Abatement of
Overcrowding.
The survey of the Borough which was carried out in accordance
with the provisions of Section 1 of the Housing Act, 1935, was
completed on January 31st, 1936.
Section 2 of the Housing Act, 1935, defines overcrowding as
follows:—
1. A dwelling-house shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be
overcrowded at anytime when the number of persons sleeping in the house either —
(a) Is such that any two of those persons, being persons ten years
old or more of opposite sexes and not being persons living
together as husband and wife, must sleep in the same room: or
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