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whereas in section 2, Housing Act, 1935, no account is taken of a
child under one year old, and a child who has attained one year
and is under ten years old is reckoned as one half of a unit. After
negotiations between the London County Council and the
Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee, it was agreed
that the estimate of new accommodation to be erected to abate
overcrowding should be based upon the standard of the Housing
Act, 1930, and not that of the Housing Act, 1935. In order to make
an accurate adjustment it would be necessary to determine the
average proportion of children to adults in each size of dwelling.
Having regard to the work which would be involved, it was also
agreed that such a detailed adjustment should not be attempted.
The estimation of new dwellings required has therefore been
adjusted on the basis of 1J persons per room.
The final result of the calculations after taking into account all
the facts briefly outlined above, can best be appreciated from the
following table (which is one of a series prepared for the County
Council), but which in itself gives little idea of the difficulties
overcome before its completion.