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ABATEMENT OF OVERCROWDING.
1,424 cases of overcrowding, inclusive of the 1,034 revealed by the
survey, were abated during the year as follows:—
Re-housed by the London County Council:—
By way of slum clearance 95
As overcrowded and other cases 206
Re-housed by Borough Council:—
By way of slum clearance 13
As overcrowded cases 2
Re-housed by the Church Army:—
By way of slum clearance 7
Re-housed by the City Corporation:—
By way of slum clearance 10
Re-housed or provided with additional accommodation
by landlords 277
Overcrowding abated by domestic re-arrangement,
deaths, marriages, etc. 216
Families moved away 598
SUMMARY.
Number of cases of overcrowding on the register at
the end of 1936 3,727
Number of new cases found 466
Tota 4,193
Number of cases of overcrowding abated during the
year 1,424
Number of cases on register at end of 1937 2,769
At the end of the year, there were 95 single persons living in overcrowded
conditions; 85 were occupying rooms having floor areas of
between 50 and 70 square feet, and 10 were occupying rooms having
floor areas of less than 50 square feet.