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In 6 cases the London County Council refused to offer accommodation to families
recommended by the Department, mainly because the rent plus travelling expenses would
be too great a drain on the resources of the applicants. Where suitable, these applicants
were advised to apply for accommodation nearer their places of employment.
SAMUEL LEWIS TRUST DWELLINGS.
The Secretary of the Trust has continued to co-operate with the Public Health Department
in the prevention of re-overcrowding, and during the year he forwarded information
concerning 23 families who were being accommodated in the dwellings belonging to his Trust.
All these cases together with cases accommodated by the London County Council and
the Borough Council are followed up to see that vacated premises are not re-let so as to be
overcrowded and, where necessary, warning letters are sent to the landlords concerned.
HOUSINC WORK DURINC 1935.
A summary of the housing work carried out during the year is given in Section III,
pages 43 and 44.
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION.
At the beginning of the year the Council decided to appoint an additional Inspector
for house-to-house inspection work, and the new Inspector commenced duty in February,
1935. Until the beginning of 1935 the Housing Inspectors selected for house-to-house
inspection streets containing houses suitable for registration under the London County
Council Bye-laws with respect to houses divided into separate tenements, but since that time
all streets containing houses suitable for occupation by members of the working classes have
been inspected, irrespective of their suitability or otherwise for registration.
Details of house-to-house inspections carried out during the year will be found in the
following table which gives the housing statistics in the form desired by the Minister of
Health. The figures include annual inspections of houses registered under the Bye-laws
with respect to houses divided into separate tenements:—