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Housing Applications - Assessment on Medical Grounds
Where housing applicants submit medical evidence supporting their requests for rehousing in
Corporation dwellings, their cases are considered by a senior medical officer of the Health Department for
medical assessment.
During 1966 requests were received for 695 cases to be investigated, and recommendations were
made upon medical priorities. This number represented an increased rate of almost 75% over 1965, when
only 300 requests were received for the nine months from 1st April to 31st December, 1965. For this
reason recommendations were usually made on the basis of the medical evidence submitted and the
information regarding the existing accommodation on the Housing Department files. Only in special
circumstances was a visit made to the house.
Table I gives a summary of the cases coming to the attention of the Department and the sourceof
information, and Table II shows the recommendations made where these were appropriate.

*200 cases were visited before assessment, and re-visits made in 30 instances. There were also
6 visits made to Council tenants requiring transfer on medical grounds.