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During the year 171 applications were made to the Public Health Department of the
Borough for accommodation on the London County Council estates, and were dealt with as
follows:—
102 families were recommended to the County Council for preferential consideration;
7 of them subsequently refused the accommodation which was offered.
32 families proved upon enquiry to be unsuitable for recommendation, but 7 applications
were forwarded to the London County Council for inclusion in the
" ordinary list " of applicants.
37 applicants decided that the estates available were not suitable for them on account
of the distance from their places of employment.
In addition 42 applicants made enquiries but did not return their application forms
or notify the Department of their reasons for not doing so.
During the year 30 families were successful in securing accommodation as a result
of recommendations from the Public Health Department.
The County Medical Officer asked the Public Health Department for reports on several
applicants who stated that they desired accommodation on grounds of ill-health or the bad
sanitary condition of their premises, and in 9 cases the County Medical Officer was informed
that the conditions did not warrant the granting of preferential consideration in the allocation
of housing accommodation; the alleged bad conditions were capable of being remedied and
suitable notices were served by the sanitary inspectors. In all other cases the application
was supported,