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must be many years before the effect of the lowered birth rate will bring any
relief to these overcrowded conditions.
10. The table in paragraph 7 showed the fall in the number of cases of
overcrowding and showed too that in 1951 the number of new cases was more
than offset by the number of cases in which overcrowding was abated otherwise
than by rehousing of families by the Council. If this state should
continue in future, the problem facing the Council is the abatement of the
known cases of overcrowding, a figure to-day of 293.
D. Summary
To rehouse families at present living in houses which ought to be considered
within the next few years a minimum of 386 houses are needed (paragraph
A.7).
To house those families with an open case of tuberculosis at present
known to be living under unsatisfactory conditions and to house those other
families expected to become known in the next five years, 195 houses will be
needed (paragraph B.5).
To house those known to-day to be living in overcrowded conditions,
293 houses are needed (paragraph C.10).
SUPERVISION OF OTHER PREMISES
In addition to the work undertaken in securing the execution of
repair and improvement work in dwellings routine inspections were made
of factories, cinemas, licensed premises, and many other buildings and
sites. As a result it was possible, particularly in the case of water-courses
and vacant parcels of land, to take action that prevented unsatisfactory
conditions arising, while in other cases the inspections resulted in improved
methods or facilities being introduced.
Factories.
The following is a copy of the return made to the Ministry of Labour
and National Service giving information about the number of factories in
the district, the inspections made and the defects found :—