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No. of cases of overcrowding abated during the year:—
Survey cases 315
Other 34
— 349
No. of cases of overcrowding remaining on record at 31st
December 384
Housing Act, 1936.
Part IV.—Abatement of Overcrowding.
Fixing of Appointed Days.
The Housing Act, 1936 (Operation of Overcrowding Provisions) Order (No. 2),
1937, fixed the appointed day for Holborn for the purposes of Section 62 of the
Act (entries in rent books, etc.) as 1st July. 1937, and for the purposes of Sections
59 and 64 (offences in relation to overcrowding) and Sections 60 and 6 (2) of the
Act, as 1st January 1938.
Agreement with London County Council for the Provision of Housing
Accommodation.
On the 29th October, 1937, the Council decided to enter into an agreement
with the London County Council, whereby 50 flats at Walker House on the London
County Council Ossulston Estate were placed at the disposal of the Council for
the rehousing of overcrowded families. The Council in return agreed to pay
£1. 17s. 6d. per annum for forty years in respect of each dwelling provided under
the arrangement.
Particulars of the flats forming the subject of the agreement are given
below:—
No. of flats. Size. Inclusive weekly rents.
4 2 rooms 11s. 2d. to 12s. 2d.
26 3 „ 13s. 5d. to 15s. 5d.
17 4 „ 16s. 2d. to 17s. 1d.
3 5 ,, 18s. 11d. to 19s. 3d.
The flats were fully let early in 1938 and a noteworthy fact is that in letting
them, the Council was able to reduce the number of overcrowded families living
in its own flats at Betterton House and Boswell House from 24 to 9.
The number of cases of overcrowding abated during the year were recorded as
having been dealt with in the following manner:—
Accommodation provided by London County Council 81
Accommodation provided by Borough Council 5
Accommodation secured otherwise 190
Abatement by alteration in constitution of family 73
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