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DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THE ABOVE TABLE.
Private Family.—Any person or group of persons in separate occupation of any premises or part of premises
is treated as a separate family, lodgers being so treated only when returned as boarding separately and not
otherwise. Private families comprise all such families with the exception of those enumerated in (i) Institutions,
or (ii) Business establishments or boarding-houses in which the number of resident trade assistants or resident
boarders exceeds the number of members of the employer's or householder's family (including private domestic
servants).
Structurally Separate Dwellings.—A structurally separate dwelling is defined as any room or set of rooms,
intended or used for habitation, having separate acccss either to the street or to a common landing or staircase.
Thus each flat in a block of flats is a separate unit. A private house which has not been structurally subdivided
is similarly a single unit, whether occupied by one family or by several families; thus, a house-let in-lodgings
without being specially adapted for the purpose is one dwelling only. But where a private house has been subdivided
into maisonettes or portions, each having its front door opening on to the street or on to a common landing
or staircase to which visitors have access, then each such portion is treated as a separate unit.
Where an undivided private house is used partly for business or professional purposes, it is treated as
occupied by a private family unless the portion used for non-domestic purposes consists of at least three rooms
and is more than one quarter of the whole. The dwellings shown in this Table are those occupied by private
families only.
Rooms.—The rooms enumerated are the usual living rooms including bedrooms and kitchens, but excluding
sculleries, landings, lobbies, closets, bathrooms, or any warehouse, office, or shop rooms.

These tenements are situated in Kenley Street, Hesketh Place and Kuncorn Place,
abutting on Avondale Park in the Notting Dale district.
In October, these tenements were placed under the " Octavia Hill" system of management.
It is too early to speak definitely of the results of this change, but it may be mentioned that the
women house property managers engaged by the Council are those who have for many years
successfully controlled all the property in Notting Dale owned by the Improved Tenements
Association and the Wilsham Housing Trust.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL SINCE THE WAR.
The provision of additional housing accommodation under the Housing, Town Planning, etc.,
Act, 1919, and amending Acts, has been delegated by the Council to a Special Housing Committee,
which Committee have been given all the powers possessed by the Council in regard to the
preparation and execution of housing schemes except the power to borrow money or make a rate.