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Under these conditions it is almost impossible to take proceedings
for over-crowding, which would only mean that the familywould
probably move from one house to another similar, and
consequently the conditions would remain the same.
I submit a list of the roads and houses inspected during the
year, showing the number of persons per room, and although this
does not tend to show to any marked degree over-crowding, there
is no question that many of the houses inspected are not suitable
for more than one family.
The Council have under consideration the Ministry of Health's
requirements for the building of one thousand houses, and I trust
that it will not be long before a start is made in this direction.
Many of the houses inspected have naturally been neglected
during the war on account of the want of labour, and now our
difficulty appears to be with respect to having repairs done, the
cost of labour and material, and the difficulty experienced in obtaining
the latter.
OPEN SPACES.
The District is to be congratulated upon the foresight of former
Councils in making provision of open spaces, and the present
Council following the same lines in acquiring further land for open
spaces, in view of the fact that no doubt as London extends, and
the District becomes more developed, these spaces will prove a
great asset from a health point of view.
The total area of open spaces in Wood Green, including the
Alexandra Palace Park, is 242 acres.
Several of these open spaces are laid out as playing fields,
others as gardens, and prove an ornament to the District, as we'll as
breathing spaces.