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SECTION D.—HOUSING.
Table XV. in the Appendix gives particulars of action
taken during the year. It will there be seen that of the
810 houses inspected during the year 655 were found to
have defects upon which notice was given to the owners.
Speaking generally, the working class living conditions
can definitely be said to be of a high residential
character. There are the three housing schemes of the
Local Authority: Turpington Estate, Southborough
Estate, and Hayes Estate, and that at Downham under the
I ondon County Council, make up 13.36 of the total of 16,545
houses in Bromley, i.e, 8 per cent.
The activity in the building of new houses has been
considerably reduced during 1937, and it would appear for
the time being that saturation point has been reached.
There are no slums, but there remain a few houses
which have been scheduled as unfit owing to their having
become worn out through age. These bouses have been
closed to habitation and in due course will be demolished.
Housing Act, 1936, Part IV.—Overcrowding.
So far as overcrowding is concerned, this is being
rapidly abated. The return at the end of the year shows
that of the 210 houses overcrowded at the 1936 survey only
98 now remain. The following tables give further particulars:—

♦Original figure at January, 1936, Survey.