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REHOUSING OF OVERCROWDED FAMILIES.
Persons desiring housing accommodation may register with the London
County Council and/or the Fulham Borough Council.
The Fulham Borough Council give a priority for Tubercular persons
only, while the London County Council give priority to Tubercular persons
and persons living in overcrowded conditions.
It was decided in June of this year that the Housing Department
should go through their Housing List and where a family appeared to be
overcrowded the details should be forwarded to the Public Health
Department, which acts as the local agent for the London County Council
in making housing enquiries.
The Public Health Department check from their records whether
the family are already registered with the London County Council, and if
the prescribed form certifying overcrowding has been submitted to the London
County Council.
The Housing Department are then informed of the families of which
the Public Health Department have no record, and their officers visit and
invite them to fill in the necessary application forms for London County
Council accommodation.
The Sanitary Inspectors visit all cases where overcrowding appears
to exist, check the details of occupation, and where families are overcrowded
the London County Council are informed.
During the year 115 cases of this nature were submitted to the
Public Health Department for action to be takes., with the following
results
40 families were found not to be were.rowded.
4 families had already found alternative accommodation.
11 families were not registered with the London County
Council. These were invited to complete an
application form; 8 availed themselves of the offer,
and on subsequent investigation they were all found
to be overcrowded.