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1935]
66
Cases of overcrowding- recorded annually as dealt with by service of notice
since 1925 :—
1925, 19; 1926, 26; 1927, 24; 1928, 37; 1929, 21; 1930, 32; 1931, 59;
1932, 72; 1933, 42; 1934, 61; 1935, 76.
Others were dealt with by housing recommendations to L.C.C.
HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
During the year 1935, recommendations were made to the London County
Council regarding housing accommodation for "special hardship" cases. In all,
113 were recommended for special consideration. The basis on which these recommendations
was made consisted of families living under overcrowded conditions,
but in a number of cases ill-health of members of the family was the main reason
for the support given to enable them to receive favourable consideration of their
efforts to secure better housing conditions.
Of the 113 cases recommended by the Medical Officer of Health, 40 of which
were given on account of overcrowding, during the year:—
9 were provided with accommodation by the London County Council.
36 removed to an unknown address.
7 secured better accommodation in Islington.
56 still remained in their Islington occupation.
5 removed to addresses outside Islington.
These 113 recommendations can be classified under the following headings ;—
40 were on account of overcrowding; 4 on account of overcrowding and Tuberculosis;
43 ill-health (including 9 tuberculous sufferers); 12 insufficient accommodation
for the sexes; 7 better accommodation required; and 7 special
circumstances.
In addition to these 113 cases in which a "special hardship" recommendation
was given, several investigations were made into cases brought to the notice of the
Medical Officer of Health which called for much sympathy, but which fell short of
the standard of "hardship" laid down, namely, gross overcrowding, ill-health of
members of the family, and the difficulty of the separation of the sexes.
In some of these cases a recommendation was given for consideration should
there be any spare accommodation apart from that allocated for "special hardship
" cases.
An agreement has been entered into between the Islington Borough Council
and the London County Council by which families dehoused under the provisions of
the Housing Act, 1930, are accommodated elsewhere by the London County
Council. There are 10 such cases which arose through the operation of section 18
of the Housing Act, 1925, where families were occupying underground rooms which
did not comply with the regulations governing such rooms, and were the subject of
closing' orders. By this agreement the Borough Council undertakes to pay the
London County Council a sum of £1 17s. 6d. annually for forty years, and obtains
the right upon the cessation of the tenancy to nominate another family to occupy
the vacated premises.
DEMOLITION OF HABITABLE DWELLINGS.
During the year 139 houses have been demolished, on the sites of 57 of these
new business premises have been erected.