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In addition to the above instances of overcrowding there also operates as a ground for preferential
treatment by the London County Council the presence of tubercular patients in families, and there
are many cases where it is impossible to provide satisfactory living and sleeping conditions for the
patient owing to the limited accommodation available.
One hundred and five applications have been remitted to the London County Council during the
year for accommodation on the County Estates at Becontree (Essex), Tottenham, Downham(Lewisham)
and Roehampton, though at the time of writing the number of houses allotted to Paddington has
been practically exhausted. The following Table indicates how the 105 " recommended " applications
have been dealt with during 1926.
Accommodated—Becontree 26
Tottenham 2
Downham 7
Roehampton 17
52
Waiting accommodation 38
Refused by L.C.C. 4
Application withdrawn 3
Application transferred to " Watling " List 8
105
It will be absolutely impossible for even a small proportion of the five hundred families at present
noted for accommodation on the County Estates to be provided with habitations for some time at
the present rate of progress and with the existing "quota" operating. The Wormholt (Hammersmith)
Estate now in course of construction may tend to alleviate the difficulty as that is an even
better residential location than Edgware for Paddingtonians whose work lies in the Borough or its
vicinity.
The above figures account for only those families whose names were submitted through this
department. A certain number of families obtained accommodation by direct application to the
London County Council.