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(c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved
during the year 40
(2) Number of persons concerned in such cases 251
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses
have again become overcrowded after the
Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding —
(e) Any other particulars with respect to
crowding conditions upon which the Medical
Officer of Health may consider it desirable to
report —
Rent Restriction Acts.
Five certificates were granted under the above heading during
the year 1936.
Overcrowding.
In accordance with Section I of the Housing Act, 1935, an
inspection of the whole district was made in the early months of
the year to ascertain the extent of overcrowding in Wood Green.
In the preliminary inspection 13,615 dwellings were visited,
293 of which were found to be empty, thus leaving 13,322 dwellings
of which particulars were entered on Form A. The information
obtained at the preliminary inspection showed that 111 of these
houses were overcrowded according to the standard of the Act and
741 possibly overcrowded. A more detailed inspection and
measurement of these overcrowded and possibly overcrowded
dwellings—852 in all—showed that the number of dwellings
actually overcrowded according to the standard laid down in the
Act was 150. No overcrowding was found in any of the Wood
Green Council houses in White Hart-lane or Durnsford Road, but
6 cases of overcrowding were found in the London County Council's
White Hart Lane Housing Estate.
By the end of the year the number of overcrowded dwellings
had been reduced from 150 to 110. This was achieved almost