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To carry out the initial survey two men were employed at a
salary of £3 per week each for approximately 16 weeks, and eight
men for about 10 weeks at a similar salary. The cost was £297
in wages and £55 for stationery and other incidentals in connection
therewith.
One of the men appointed has been employed since in order
to measure houses for landlords, to keep the survey up to date,
and assist in abating overcrowding.
HOUSING CONDITIONS.
The standard of housing in Enfield varies within the District,
the Eastern portion containing houses for the working classes, and
the Western for more wealthy residents.
There are very few houses in Enfield which are not built of
brick.
It will be realised that in the last ten years there have been
erected in Enfield about nine-and-a-half thousand houses, and much
of the District that was originally fields is now covered with houses.
These houses have had to be built in accordance with modern
Building Bye-laws, and they therefore all contain damp-proof
courses and are built on a site which has been covered with concrete.
During 1936, 1,952 houses were erected. These houses became
occupied almost as soon as they were built. Most of them were
purchased by the tenants; in some cases they were let on lease or
otherwise.
There is a tendency to build houses for the middle classes in
the neighbourhood of Enfield West.
FITNESS OF HOUSES.
No special measures were taken or suggested for the gradual
carrying out of programmes of repair.
I should estimate that about 80 houses in Enfield are not supplied
with water by the Water Company.
There are about 20 houses in the District which are not supplied
with a water-closet.
All these have earth-closets accommodation.