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Two hundred and twenty-six communications were, however, sent to owners, drawing attention
to defects liable to be dealt with under this Section. At the end of the year these communications
resulted in nearly all the defects being remedied.
Housing on the London County Council Estates.
During the year 369 applications for housing accommodation were sent forward to the County
Council with a request that the apphcations be given preferential consideration in the allocation of
accommodation on grounds of overcrowding, unhealthy conditions, medical and special hardship.
Of this number 150 were offered, and accepted, suitable vacancies. A further 116 familieswere housed
on apphcations submitted direct to the County Council.
Since April, 1920, 1,123 Paddington families have secured accommodation on London County
Council estates on apphcations submitted by the Borough Council, and since September, 1930, 521
other families have been re-housed as a result of direct application to the County Council.
Borough Council Accommodation on London County Council Estates.
Agreements are in force between the Borough Council and the County Council whereby houses
and flats are provided on County Council Estates for the re-housing of Paddington families. Under
these agreements the Borough Council has a right to nominate the ingoing tenants, and in the case
of the 1934 Agreement should a house or flat become vacant on an outlying estate for which no tenant
is available the nomination can be transferred to a local estate, such as Wormholt or Old Oak,
Hammersmith, to suit the convenience of those applicants who desire to live near the Borough.
Three hundred and sixteen houses and flats have been provided to date as set out below. This
number, however, is being augmented from month to month as displacements from unfit basements
and clearance areas occur.
1927-28 Agreements.
(A contribution of £7 per annum is payable to the London County Council in
respect of each dwelling.)
Wormholt Estate, Hammersmith 150

During the year 4 vacancies occurred in the 150 houses on the Wormholt Estate (1927-28
Agreements), and 12 vacancies in the 166 houses provided under the 1934 Agreement. Altogether
the Agreements entered into by the Borough Council have resulted in 400 families obtaining improved
housing conditions.
Borough Council Accommodation within the Borough.
Brindley House, Brindley Street 8 flats
Artesian House, Artesian Road 8 flats
8, Warrington Crescent (non-working class) 6 flats
30, Westbourne Square (non-working class) 4 flats