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are no houses in the area of sufficient size to relieve them.
Suggestions, however, have been made that in extreme
cases two adjoining houses might be allocated to those
families which will meet their needs during the short
period that is likely to elapse before the adult children
marry.
No trouble has been experienced with regard to
the acceptance of houses offered as alternative accommodation
to overcrowded families.
The Department continues to keep under observation
families which are known to be border-line cases,
and re-visits are paid to premises which have been
vacated by overcrowded families in order to ensure
that this condition does not recur.
In certain privately owned estates it is not
possible to assess the occupation of houses as there is
a constant change amongst the inhabitants, and as
conditions vary so frequently inspections made at very
frequent intervals would not give a true picture of the
conditions obtaining.
The number of occupants permitted in each house
is in all cases brought to the notice of the persons
responsible for letting, and no Habitation Certificate is
issued which does not bear the number of persons
permitted in the houses concerned.
New Housing Estate.
During the year 1938 the Council completed the
Frizlands Housing Estate ; incidentally, the 1,000th
house to be built by this Council was included in this
group.
Amongst these houses are 30 bungalows for the use
of aged couples; these are equipped with such labour
saving devices as hot and cold water and bathrooms
which are combined with the sculleries. They have
proved of immense benefit, and are so much sought
after that the Council has decided that when another