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IV. HOUSING
Overcrowding
The main findings in regard to the survey of overcrowding
which was carried out in Stoke Newington in 1935/1936 were as
follows:—
Families living in overcrowded conditions 462
Families which became overcrowded before December
1937, by reason of children reaching the ages of one
or ten years 42
At the end of 1936 these figures became reduced to 356 cases
of actual overcrowding.
During 1937, 54 new cases of overcrowding had to be recorded,
bringing the total of overcrowded families to 410. Of these 107
were rehoused on the Borough Council's Housing Estate, 4 on
the London County Council's Housing Estates and in 53 instances
the overcrowding was otherwise abated.
The actual number of overcrowded families on the 31st
December, 1937, thus became reduced to 246.
Lordship Terrace/Queen Elizabeth's Walk Flats
These flats were erected for the purpose of rehousing families
found to be living in overcrowded conditions in the Borough.
The Housing Scheme was designed to link up with the original
Lordship Road Scheme so as to effect a unified layout and consists
of 96 flats in the following proportions:—
1 Bedroom Flats 13
2 „ „ 24
3 „ „ 47
4 „ „ 10
5 „ „ 2
96 or 348 rooms.
The standard of accommodation generally is similar to that
of the Lordship Road Scheme, but with the addition of lavatory
basins in the bathrooms and the provision of sun balconies to those
flats facing Clissold Park and Lordship Terrace.
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