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SECTION E.
HOUSING.
The following is a summary of the work of the Inspectors
during the year :—
Premises inspected 201
Number of visits 1,779
Premises with defects 191
Premises rendered fit by informal action 190
Premises rendered fit by formal action 6
Re-Housing.
I am indebted to the Housing Manager for the following
statistics of re-housing carried out by the Local Authority :—
Prior to During Total as at
1951 1951 Dec. 1951
1. (a) No. of permanent dwellings
built by Local Authorities 990 162 1,152
(b) No. of prefabricated dwellings
built by Local Authorities 319 — 319
(c) No. of dwellings requisitioned
by Local Authorities 234 — 227
2. (a) No. of families occupying 1 (a) — — 1,152*
(b) No. of Families occupying 1 (b) — — 319
(c) No. of families occupying 1 (c) — — 328
(* Plus lodgers.)
3. Total No. of families rehoused during 1951:
(a) 162. (b) Nil. (c) As before.
4. No. of families with a residential claim on this authority on
waiting list at 31.12.1951 in various categories: —
(a) Families in urgent need of other accommodation 299
(b) Families whose applications require early consideration 690
(c) Families whose applications are less urgent 282
(d) Families with varying degrees of housing need but with
no residential claim on this Authority 729
It is not possible to give any accurate idea of the number
of families on the waiting list living in statutory overcrowded
conditions, but the families included in Groups 4 (a), 4 (b) and
approximately 255 of Group (d) above may all be said to be
living in crowded conditions.
Moveable Dwellings.
This continues to be a problem in Orpington and one that is
likely to continue and to exercise the attention both of the Town
Planning Committee and the Health Committee. During the
year under review, four licences were renewed embracing a total