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SECTION D.
HOUSING.
There are in Chislehurst & Sidcup some 21,123 houses and flats,
12 farm houses and 23 Public Houses.
The following tabulation has been supplied by the Housing
Manager: —
Prior to During
1949 1949
1. (a) No. of " permanent " dwellings built by L.A. 465 161
(b) No. of prefabricated dwellings built by L.A. 275 Nil
(c) No. of dwellings held under requisition by L.A.
including Squatters' Camps (22 requisitioned
premises and huts released) 293 271
2. (a) No. of families occupying 1 (a) 465 161
(b) No. of families occupying 1 (b) 275 275
(c) No. of families occupying 1 (c) 458 431
3. Total No. of families rehoused during 1949 in (a) 156
(b) 27
(c) 59
4. No. of families on waiting list at 31 December, 1949: —
Families requiring 5 bedrooms 1
Families requiring 4 bedrooms 64
Families requiring 3 bedrooms 418
„ Families requiring 2 bedrooms 652
Families requiring 1 bedroom 442
Old Age Pensioners 54
Applicants not yet married 37
1668
There are, of course, in addition to the above, the 913 houses
already erected by the London County Council at St. Paul's Cray for
the rehousing of London families. By agreement with the London
County Council, 5 per cent, of the first lettings to applicants are
nominated by the Council.
There are also 35 houses and bungalows erected by private enterprise
and 10 private houses were converted into flats during 1949.
The main work of the department so far as housing matters are
concerned is the maintenance of houses in a fit state for habitation.
The age of houses is an important factor in the extent of the effort
to be made by the Department. With the new housing programme
still in arrears to meet the actual need of rehousing, there is no
progress able to be made in the need to replace old houses by new,
and unless progress is made in this direction in the coming years,
there is a likelihood of the population being forced to live in substandard
houses.