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(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit —
Housing Act, 1935.—Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end
of the year 335
(Number of dwellings overcrowded on survey
in 1935—314).
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 335
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 1,977½
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported
during the year 43
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 22
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 120
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses
have again become overcrowded after the
Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement
of the overcrowding —
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding
conditions upon which the Medical Officer of
Health may consider it desirable to report —
During the year a total of 2,461 new houses were built in the
Borough by private enterprise.
The Town Council completed 84 houses of the non-parlour
type in Greenford South Ward, and there are now 139 houses of
varying types in the course of construction. Fifty-nine more
houses are under consideration but building has not yet commenced.
Byelaws.—During the year the Council made Byelaws under
Section 6 of the Housing Act, 1925, as amended by Section 68
of the Housing Act, 1935, for securing the improvement of housing
conditions intended or used for occupation by the working classes.