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The Council have been very sensitive of the
increased overcrowding occurring in the Borough
and have made representation on the matter to the
Minister of Health. The figures in the Public
Health Department indicate that the larger number
of families requiring alternative accommodation
because of overcrowding is in the main amongst
those families for whom the "equivalent numbers"
are 3½ 4 (child 0-1 year = no equivalent
unit, child 1 year - 10 years = ½ unit, child
over 10 years = 1 unit). Such families require
always 2 bedrooms and generally 3. These facts
were presented in a report to a joint meeting of
the Public Health and the Housing and Works
Committees in April, when the Joint Committee
was considering the possible lay-outs for the
adaptation of shops into flats. The opinion
was there expressed that the vacant shop premises
such as the Joint Committee had in mind might
quite properly be a valuable temporary expedient
providing housing accommodation for people much
less well housed at the present time. Each
individual shop premises, however, requires
individual planning and sometimes the superficial
area might suggest more rooms than are really
appropriately possible because of these shop
premises being in the main of narrow frontage and
of comparatively large depth from front to back.
Disinfestation.
Visits paid re vermin or suspicion of -
for bed bugs 178)
,, other vermin 152) 330
Verminous premises disinfested -
for bugs 69)
,, other vermin 22) 91
Council houses disinfested 9
(Method employed - liquid insecticides)
Hydrogen cyanide (Fumigation of Buildings)
Regulations, 1938
Notices of Intention to Fumigate
received 6
In one case on the advice given the
Intention was withdrawn
44.