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could not lawfully be occupied separately as dwellings. As a result of the inspections made, a number
of underground rooms were discovered which did not fulfil the conditions essential for separate
occupation. Not only were occupied rooms inspected for this purpose, but also any empty rooms
which appeared to have been recently occupied as separate tenements. In every case a communication
was addressed to the owner either calling upon him to terminate the unlawful occupation, or, where
empty rooms were concerned, warning him not to re-let them except in conjunction with a room or
rooms on another floor of the same house. In this way the illegal occupation of the majority of the
rooms above referred to was either terminated or prevented. Further action will, if necessary, be
taken during the current year with regard to any room which is found on re-inspection to be separately
occupied.
Compulsory Repairs.—The number of notices served from the 1st January to the 31st December,
1936, under Section 17 of the Housing Act, 1930, was one. At the end of the year the Notice had
not been complied with.
Six hundred communications were also sent to owners drawing attention to defects liable to be
dealt with under this Section. In 559 instances these communications resulted in the defects being
remedied.
Housing on the London County Council Estates.
During the year 351 applications were accepted for housing accommodation on London County
Council Estates. Of this number, 273 were sent forward to the County Council with a request that
the applications be given preferential consideration in the allocation of accommodation on grounds
of overcrowding, unhealthy conditions, urgency and special hardship. The remainder of the applications,
in view of the fact that the financial circumstances and place and hours of work of the
applicants did not justify their removal to estates situated outside the London area, were placed on
the list of applicants waiting to be nominated for suitable vacancies on local estates, such as the
Wormholt Estate, Hammersmith, and the Old Oak Estate, East Acton.
The number of Paddington families accommodated on London County Council Estates on
applications submitted by the Borough Council was 66, whilst 75 other Paddington families were
offered and accepted improved accommodation on applications submitted direct to the County Council.
Since April, 1920, 973 Paddington families have secured accommodation on London County Council
estates on applications submitted by the Borough Council, and since September, 1930, 405 other
families have been rehoused as a result of direct application to the County Council.
Disposition of Houses on London County Council Estates in Connection with which
Nominations are made by the Borough Council under the Agreements in Force between
the Two Councils.

During the year 7 vacancies occurred in the 150 houses on the Wormholt Estate (1927-1928 Agreements),
and 7 vacancies in the 118 houses provided under the 1934 Agreement. Altogether the
Agreements entered into by the Borough Council have resulted in 336 families obtaining improved
housing conditions.