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The London County Council provide accommodation upon their
various estates, for families from Deptford, and the following figures
indicate the number of families for whom provision was made in
1938:—
Estate Families
Honor Oak 60
Mottingham 100
Downham 167
Speedwell Street 5
Hughes' Fields 23
Bellinghain 42
Becontree 14
Sumner, Peckham 6
St. Helier 4
Deptford Park 6
Haddo Street, Greenwich 10
Crossfield Street 17
Others 27
Total 481
For information, the number of Deptford families rehoused during
recent years was as follows:—
1937—664, 1936—789, 1935—354, 1934—476, 1933—377,
1932—241, 1931—217
Amendment of the Regulations as to Underground Rooms.—
During the year the Council decided that some relaxation of the
paragraph dealing with the necessity for the provision of a horizontal
damp-proof course appeared desirable; and obtained the sanction of the
Ministry of Health to the incorporation of a paragraph as follows:—
(1a) "or the rooms shall be protected against dampness by some
other effectual means."