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Chelsea 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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HOUSING ACT, 1936, PART IV - OVERCROWDING
New cases investigated and recorded 29
Number of families involved 29
Number of persons involved 131
Cases relieved by:-
(a) Rehousing Authorities 20
(b) Informal or formal procedure 4.7
Such action resulted in 253 persons being adequately housed.
There has been no recurrence of overcrowding at any premises
in which the efforts of the local authority had brought about an
abatement of such a condition.
At the end of the year, fifty-two families were living in
overcrowded conditions. Appropriate measures, are, of course, being
implemented to improve the lot of all concerned.