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OVERCROWDING SURVEY—HOUSING ACT, 1935.
A Housing Survey was made in accordance with the provisions
of the Housing Act, 1935 ; 13,292 dwelling-houses were
visited for enumeration purposes ; 545 were found overcrowded
and 12,747 uncrowded, apportioned as follows :—
Privately owned dwelling-houses :—
Overcrowded 154
Uncrowded 7705
Hampstead Borough Council's Westcroft Estate :—
Overcrowded 1
Uncrowded 265
London County Council's Watling Estate :—
Overcrowded 306
Uncrowded 3711
Hendon Borough Council's Housing Estates :—
Overcrowded 84
Uncrowded 1066
On an examination of graphs which were prepared for
every street surveyed it was seen that there was a large
number of uncrowded houses where the accommodation was
in excess of the standard requirements, and that by a process
of interchange of tenancies overcrowding could be substantially
reduced and the housing needs modified accordingly.
Your Housing Committee immediately proceeded to reduce
overcrowding on the Council's Estates by this method.
The London County Council were approached with a view
to ascertaining what action they proposed taking with regard
to overcrowding on their Watling Estate, and a summary in
connection with the overcrowding survey of houses on their
estate and a suggestion regarding the interchange of tenancies,
together with a list of names and addresses where the survey
revealed that tenants appeared to have accommodation in
excess of their requirements, were forwarded to them.