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Ealing 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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D.—Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 :

(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made
(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, 1936 (Part IV)—Overcrowding.

(a)(i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year209
(Number of dwellings overcrowded on survey in 1935—314).
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein209
(iii) Number of persons dwelling thereinl,1491
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year21
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year128
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases766
(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 1,125 new houses were built in the Borough
by private enterprise.
The Town Council completed 21 four-bedroom parlour houses,
92 three-bedroom non-parlour houses, 12 one-bedroom flats, 6 twobedroom
flats, and 14 three-bedroom flats.
The building of 284 working class dwellings contemplated at
Northolt has not yet been commenced,