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SECTION C
HOUSING
Rehousing
The Housing Estates Manager has remained in close touch with the Health
Department regarding applicants who are overcrowded or have medical troubles
If overcrowding is found to exist by the District Public Health Inspector
statutory certification is made to the Housing Manager of the London county
Counc il.
Applications for rehousing by the London county Council are made to
that Authority direct, and requests for various enquiries to be made are
received from them through the Housing Estates Manager. In cases where there
is medical evidence the Medical Officer of Health to the London County Council
is responsible for allocating priorities on health grounds but rehousing
on such grounds has become substantially reduced.
Eighteen cases were recommended for rehousing on grounds of health and
ninety on grounds of overcrowding.

To make the above figures realistic it should be pointed out that the
figures for those rehoused are extremely unlikely to be from recommendations
of the same year Nevertheless the seriousness of the housing position
can be measured by the facts as shown by the figures.
Of 1866 statutory certifications in ten years only 725 were rehoused
It is a fair deduction that most if not all of the remaining 1141 families
remain in their overcrowded conditions.
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