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OVERCROWDING
All cases of overcrowding are dealt with on the strict
interpretation of the standards laid down in the Housing Act, 1957:
distinguishing between "penal" and "non-penal" cases.
The number of new cases of overcrowding reported to the
Committee during 1962 was 130, giving an equivalent number of persons
of 503. The total number of overcrowding cases which were recorded
during the year as having been abated was 170, comprising a total of
691 units.
ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING PRIORITIES ON MEDICAL GROUNDS
During the year, 167 applications for rehousing on medical
grounds were examined, and recommendations for the award of additional
points were made to the Chief Housing Officer, In each case the
precise medical condition and resultant disability were determined
(frequently necessitating communication with the family doctor or
with the hospital attended). The premises were inspected in detail
to ascertain the extent and nature of the existing accommodation; the
adequacy of day and sleeping space; the risk of infection; the existence
of remediable or irremediable sanitary or structural defects,
and the existence of inconveniences, such as stairs, which might be
prejudicial to the patient.
On this information and that supplied by the Chief Housing
Officer, an assessment of points to be awarded on medical grounds
was made in 162 cases.
PROVISION OF NEW HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
The post-war housing schemes completed in Kensington by the
Council have provided 1,748 flats. The total number of properties
under Council management at the end of 1962 is summarised in the
following table:-

Other schemes for building new housing accommodation
are in various stages of preparation.