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which makes allowance for the release of accommodation owing to
the vacation of dwellings. A formula was suggested by the County
Council for calculating the re-housing needs. It indicated a rehousing
need of 32 three-roomed, 57 four-roomed, 83 five-roomed,
23 six-roomed, 19 seven-roomed, 4 eight-roomed and 1 nine-roomed
dwellings: a total of 219. This formula assumes that 50 per cent,
of one and two-roomed dwellings are capable of division so that
rooms can be added to other dwellings to make the required size of
dwelling in existing accommodation and that dwellings above that
size will be wholly available.