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Hendon 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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submitted housing applications to this Authority. Due
to the progress made in the provision of new houses, the
number of families rehoused during the past year shows a
marked increase over the figures submitted in my last
year's report. It will also be noted that the number of
exchanges of tenancies arranged between Council tenants
to ensure that available accommodation is put to the best
use, shows an increase as compared with last year.
As forecast in my report of last year, it has not been
possible to maintain the progress attained in previous
years in rehousing families into requisitioned properties,
due to the curtailment of requisitioning powers, and the
number of releases of such property which the Council
have been obliged to effect."
STATISTICS.
TABLE XI.
For period 1st January, 1948, to 31st December, 1948.
| 1947. | 1948. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Number of families rehoused into Permanent Accommodation:— | ||
| (a) Pre-war Houses | 36 | 61 | |
| (b) Post-war Houses | 178 | 274 | |
| (c) Temporary Bungalows | 16 | 20 | |
| 230 | 355 | ||
| 2. | Transfers arranged to relieve overcrowding on Council Estates | 58 | 86 |
| 3. | Number of families rehoused into Requisitioned Property | 110 | 78 |
| 4. | Number of homeless families given emergency accommodation in Half-Way Houses | 113 | 73 " |