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It will be seen, therefore, that during 1947 296 families, comprising
960 persons, were accommodated in permanent houses,
prefabricated dwellings or requisitioned property by the Local
Authority.
The allocation of accommodation to applicants is decided by
the appropriate Committee on a points system, and all cases are
graded into one of seven categories. The number of applicants
on the waiting list at 31st December was 5,281.
The Borough Engineer reports that 47 permanent houses
built by private enterprise were also occupied during the year.
Nevertheless, in spite of all this progress, the problem
remains acute. Families still continue to live in shared houses,
having the joint use of the cooking facilities, in many cases with
inadequate hot water supply, lavatories and baths. In many
cases there is no bath. While this state continues, the housing
problem will continue, and the danger to a happy and contented
people is obvious.