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the year five such recommendations were made to the Housing
Estates Manager. The remainder of the cases were found to
be living in circumstances which were not sufficiently necessitous
to recommend.
The construction of new homes by the Borough Council and
the London County Council still continues. During the year the
under-mentioned flats were completed by the Borough Council:
Black Lion Lane 6
Blythe Road—
Block 2 24
Block 3 24
Ashchurch Park Villas 6
Tunis Road (Arlington House)—
Block A 6
Block B 16
Eyot Gardens 6
TOTAL 88
Although no dwellings were actually completed by the
London County Council, their present programme of building
includes six new blocks on the White City Estate which will have
a minimum of 30 flats and a maximum of 40 flats per block,
accommodating approximately 1,000 more people when finished.
The present population lives in just under 2,000 flats and the
average number of people living in each flat is between four and
five.
In December, 1949, there were 1,400 less people living on
the Estate than at present.
During the year the Borough Council's Housing list was
the subject of revision and I understand from the Housing
Manager that the number of families on the waiting list at the
end of the year was 4,905. The revised list, however, is not yet
complete.
The following table illustrates the progress that is being
made: —
1.
Number of families rehoused by the Borough
Council in new flats since the war
629
2.
Number of families rehoused by the Borough
Council in rebuilt houses since the war
30
3.
Number of families rehoused by the Borough
Council in prefabricated dwellings since the
war
77
4.
Number of Borough Council licensees living in
requisitioned properties at the end of the year
1677