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Year No. of cases of overcrowding
reported
1946 261
1947 128
1948 162
1949 168
1950 148
1951 56
1952 52
1953 53
1954 39
1955 39
1956 38
1957 25
1958 18
1959 10
1960 2
1961 5
1962 4
17-year average 71
1963 15
New Housing Accommodation.—The following table lists
the new dwellings erected in the Borough during 1963:—
Type of Dwelling
G.B.C.
L.C.C.
Private
Total
Houses
14
—
64
78
Flats and Maisonettes
54
172
82
308
Mobile Homes
—
13
—
13
Total No. of Dwellings
68
185
146
399
The total number of dwellings provided in the Borough since
the termination of the war is now 6,354.
Movable Dwellings.—The current year saw a substantial
increase in the number of homeless seeking accommodation from
the County Council. As a consequence, formal applications were
received from the London County Council for licences to utilise
vacant sites in the Borough for movable dwellings.
By the end of the year and in accordance with Section 22 of
the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959, the 8
undermentioned sites had been so licensed for a maximum period
of three years subject to the following condition:—
"That compliance be required with the standards recommended
by the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee in