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Underground Sleeping Rooms.—There are 723 houses with basements and approximately
400 rooms are used as sleeping apartments. The Regulations of the Council governing this class
of property were amended to conform to Section 18, Housing Act, 1925.
Disposal of the Dead.—The Council at present own a cemetery within the district and it is
estimated that a further 7,608 graves spaces could be laid out before that cemetery is full; the average
number of burials therein annually for the past ten years has been approximately 1,444. The Council
realising that the accommodation of their present cemetery will within a few years be exhausted
purchased a site in 1929 in the Kingsbury Urban District, now the Wembley Urban District, practically
abutting on the north-western boundary of the district.
There are two Jewish cemeteries situate in the district, one in Beaconsfield Road and another
in Pound Lane, and it is estimated there are sufficient grave spaces to last approximately 30 and 65
years respectively before these cemeteries are full.
Schools.—The whole of the schools in Willesden have a good and sufficient water suppy
and sanitary accommodation.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911-28.—There are no premises in the district on which rag flock is manufactured,
and no sampling under these Acts has been carried out during the year.
HOUSING.
Number of inhabited houses* in Willesden (end of 1934) according to the Rate Books
40,101.
* Flat separately assessed counted as one house.
Number of houses* in Willesden (end of 1934), 32,125 (approx.).
* Flats contained under one roof are counted as one house.
The following table shows building activities during the periods stated:—
Table No. 10.
Year.
For working classes.
Not for working
classes.
Total.
Houses erected
by the
Council
Houses erected
by private
enterprise.
Houses erected
by private
enterprise.
1921-30
998
1,687
3,643
6,328
1931
8
591
50
649
1932
66
117
269
452
1933
41
290
155
486
1934
15
388
185
588
Total for
14 years
1,128
3,073
4,302
8,503
The erection of smaller houses in the Northern part of the district continues.
HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1934.
Number of New Houses erected during the Year:—
(a) Total (including numbers given separately under (b):—
(i.) By the Local Authority 15
(ii.) By other Local Authorities Nil
(iii.) By other bodies and persons 573
(b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts:—
(i.) By the Local Authority.
(a) For the purpose of Part II. of the Acts of 1925 15
(b) For the purpose of Part III. of the Act of 1925 Nil
(c) For other purposes Nil
(ii.) By other bodies or persons Nil