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Some large families have been refused accommodation
on the County Council Estates as the rent they would be
called upon to pay would mean too great a strain on the
family resources.
Special consideration should be given to these cases and
every endeavour made to provide houses and/or flats for
their accommodation.
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Fitness of Houses :—
(a) No difficulties have been experienced under the Public
Health Act or under the Housing Acts.
(b) Certain houses have been scheduled for annual inspection
under the Housing Consolidated Regulations.
The services of the two temporary Sanitary Inspectors
engaged on house-to-house inspection of a list of streets
was discontinued in May, 1932.
(c) The water supply is through the Metropolitan Water
Board. Very few houses have not an adequate internal
water supply. (Notices are served where necessary under
the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907,
in the case of tenement houses.)
Unhealthy Areas.
No action has been taken with regard to the list of
properties recommended to be dealt with either as Clearance
or Improvement Areas or by Closing Orders.
Bye-laws
No special difficulties have been experienced in the
enforcement of the bye-laws relating to houses and houses
let in lodgings.
Newly-Erected Houses.—Progress continued to be
made in the Southern Housing Scheme.
this scheme includes the demolition of a large insanitary
area and the erection on the site of a number of
blocks of working-class dwellings. These dwellings are
similar to those erected by the Peabody Donation
Fund, but with one important improvement, namely, they