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XIII.—HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES.
During the year, 48 houses have been represented by the
Medical Officer of Health as so dangerous to health as to be
unfit for habitation, a number considerably exceeding that of
the previous year.
The table on page 40 shows in detail the houses so dealt
with, with the action taken by the Council, and the results that
had accrued at the close of the year.
Besides the houses thus enumerated, 18 others have been
closed by their owners, in consequence of unofficial representations
made to them, or to obviate the expense of alterations
required by notices served under the Public Health Act. They
are as follows:—2 cottages in Byegrove Road, 8 cottages
(Simmons') at Westfields, and 4 cottages in Lock's Lane,
Mitcham; 2 cottages at Wallington Corner; and 2 in the
village of Coulsdon.
The 5 railway huts at Hooley, Coulsdon, referred to in the
table, are buildings of a temporary character, which have been
erected for the accommodation of labourers employed in con.
structing new railway lines in that neighbourhood. Several of
these structures have been erected during the past 18 months,
and some 150 persons are at the present time housed in this
manner.