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the continued migration to the South from other parts of this
country and the Commonwealth.
Movement through the mutual exchange register continues to
be quite active and provides a worthwhile service of mobility to
both Council and private tenants, within the borough, or elsewhere
in the country.
Under-Occupation in the larger type Council dwelling is an
important part of housing management, involving many of the
Council's older tenants who are able and willing to surrender
their tenancies and transfer into smaller type dwellings. As the
Council is able to build more of the type of dwelling required,
this particular housing service will continue to expand.
Medical Cases—On the medical assessment of the Council's
Medical Officer of Health, consideration is given as to the degree
of priority in housing. Cases involving infective pulmonary tuberculosis
are given urgent attention. Others are dealt with on sociological
grounds.
The degree of housing priority afforded to such special cases
over the past twenty years has proved to be a very beneficial
service.
With something like one-quarter of the citizens living in
Council dwellings, inevitably many questions are posed involving a
variety of human problems which the staff of the Council's housing
management department are called upon to resolve with patience
and sympathetic understanding.