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Procedure under Housing Act, 1936.—The following
representations were made under Part II of the above Act during
1951 :—
Section 12.—Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation, i.e.,
rooms being more than 3 ft. below the surface of
adjoining ground and not complying with the Local
Authority's Regulations.
27, Caradoc Street, S.E.10
40, Earlswood Street, S.E.10
19, Vanbrugh Park, S.E.3
Housing Survey.—Through the courtesy of Mr. F. H. Dore,
the Housing Manager, the following extracts are quoted from his
observations on the housing position in 1951:—
"An outstanding feature of 1951 was the marked increase in
the number of lettings and transfers effected during the year. This
was primarily due to the fact that the major portion of the Springfield
Grove Estate, together with Harold Gibbons Court, Crescent
House and the first section of the 272 flats on the Cherry Orchard
(Central) Estate, were completed and handed over for occupation.
As a result, compared with 1950, considerably more than double
the number of families from the Housing Register were fixed up in
permanent homes and nearly twice as many transfers from one
Council-controlled property to another were effected.
In spite of this increased housing activity, however, the number
of new applications for accommodation was such that the total
number of families on the waiting list at the end of the year was a
little higher than at the beginning.