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will be lighted by electricity, whereas those of the Peabody
Trust are lighted by gas.
Forty Certificates were granted during the year under
Section 48 (2) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
with regard to newly erected houses and flats having a
proper and sufficient water supply
Since the War, 3,651 houses and flats have been
erected in the Borough, by the London County Council,
the Hammersmith Borough Council and by private enterprise,
for which Certificates have been granted (details
as under).
Certificates granted with regard to water supply under
Section 48 (Sub-sec. 2) of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
Private
Year. L.C.C. Estate. H.B.C. Estate. Enterprise.
1920 188 18 Nil
1921 169 166 Nil
1922 884 854 Nil
1923 Nil 5 22
1924 Nil 42 40
1925 Nil Nil 50
1926 Nil Nil 202
1927 284 Nil 289
1928 500 Nil 187
1929 1 60 297
1980 Nil 56 90
1981 Nil 21 36
1982 Nil 89 1
Totals 1,726 761 1,164
The premises have provided accommodation for
approximately 18,255 persons, but despite this fact overcrowding
is still in evidence.
At the moment of writing there are upwards of 2,000
applications for houses still to be dealt with.