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ments are expected. Apparently, the reverse process is
just as likely to happen.
It has also to he borne in mind that an appreciable
number of people who work outside the district would
leave Crayford, if suitable accommodation offered elsewhere.
If one were set the problem of estimating the
shortage, assuming that the present state was permanent
the figure would probably be about 250.
A good deal of delay occurred in the placing of the
contract for the new 54 houses on the Watling Street
site, but they are now in process of construction.
Another 50 there and 50 for Slade Green are now in
contemplation and have been provisionally sanctioned
by the Ministry of Health.
HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Number of new houses erected during the year:—
a. Total (including nos. given separately under
b) 8
b. With State assistance under (he Housing
Acts:
i. By Local Authority Nil.
ii. By other bodies or
persons 6
1. Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
Inspection—(1) Total number of dwellinghouses
inspected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts)
2. Number of dwelling-houses which were
inspected and recorded under the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations,
1910, or the Housing Consolidated Regulations,
1925 59
3. Number of dwelling-houses found to lie in a
state so dangerous of injurious to health as
to be unfit for human habitation 1
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