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The 3,005 families remaining on the register at
the end of 1937 comprised 15.715| equivalent adults.
The system of certification on the part of the Borough
Council which gives preferential consideration
to applicants to the London County Council for
housing accommodation who are living under overcrowded
conditions continues to operate.
During the year 294 cases have been so certified.
These, added to the balance of 1936 cases outstanding
at the end of that year, made a total of 647 cases to
be dealt with. During 1937, 100 cases have been
accommodated and in 135 instances information has
been received from the L.C.C. that the application
has been cancelled for various reasons (frequently
applicants have not bothered to view the accommodation
offered). This leaves a total of 412 cases
remaining to be dealt with at the end of 1937.
Rather more than half of this total were certified
in 1936—the long delay in dealing with these in
many instances may be put down to the size of fiat
or house needed, four and five-roomed accommodation
still being very scarce.
In addition to cases certified for preferential consideration
on the ground of overcrowding, 77 other
cases were certified for preferential consideration
in the main on health grounds, but the L.C.C. have
found it possible to deal with but few of these.
The system of notifying the owner or other responsible
person of the provisions of the Act in
relation to overcrowding has been continued as
regards all known cases of premises being vacated.
Some 200 letters have been written in this connection.
At a suitable interval after the vacation of premises
a return visit has been made by the District Sanitary
Inspector to ascertain the new user of such premises,