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Housing Accommodation Applications.
All applications made to the Council are normally dealt with by
the Housing Manager, who refers to me those cases in which the
application is based wholly or partly on medical grounds. These cases
include applications for transfer from Council tenants and licensees
of requisitioned premises. He also refers certain cases in which some
special feature is involved (e.g., fitness of basement rooms).
Under the Council's "Points Scheme," points are allocated
by the Housing Manager for statutory overcrowding, bedroom
deficiency, lack of a separate home, etc., and he refers to me cases
of ill-health (for which additional points up to a maximum of
15 for pulmonary tuberculosis and 10 for other conditions can
be allocated), and unsuitable accommodation (for which the
maximum additional points is 10).
Each case is placed in a group according to the number of
bedrooms required by the family. Applications with the highest
number of points in each group are submitted to the Housing
Committee for instructions. Cases where the applicant or a
member of his household is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
and is infectious, and where the accommodation is considered to
be inadequate, are submitted to the Committee irrespective of the
total number of points allocated.
The points scheme does not apply to applications for transfers
from Council or requisitioned property, which are still dealt with
under the previous system, " essential" and "advisable"
recommendations being made on medical grounds.
During 1951, a total of 693 cases were dealt with under the
arrangements set out in the three preceding paragraphs. The
maximum number of points on medical grounds other than
pulmonary tuberculosis were allocated to 51 applications. In 39
cases the maximum points were given for pulmonary tuberculosis,
30 of these being referred to the Housing Committee for special
consideration as the accommodation was inadequate. In 23 cases
of transfer applications, rehousing was recommended as essential
on medical grounds.
The London County Council also refer cases in which there
appears to be overcrowding, for the submission, in appropriate cases,
of an "orange form." Overcrowding was found to exist in 42
instances.
The London County Council also notify cases in which the
application alleges sanitary defects. The houses are inspected, and
action to secure the remedy of any defects found is taken.
Increase of Rent, &c., Acts.
Two certificates that houses or parts thereof were not in a
reasonable state of repair were issued to tenants.