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crowded to the extent of more than one unit as may, in each case, be
represented by the Medical Officer of Health during the three-year
period; and as to the remaining one-half to applicants qualifying on the
basis of the points scheme."
In regard to the houses needed on public health grounds, an allocation
has been given for the housing of those families with a member suffering
from tuberculosis already referred to the Housing Officer and a further
allocation for the housing of those families living in houses which are already
the subject of confirmed Clearance or Demolition Orders. The needs of
those families with a member suffering from tuberculosis are dealt with
separately and the allocation continues to be a proportion of the new houses
which become available. The houses for all other families whose claims for
rehousing are on public health grounds come out of the half of the otherwise
unallotted houses; these will be the families living in condemned houses and
those living in overcrowded conditions.
It will be seen that the needs of those families to be rehoused on public
health grounds cannot be met to the full any more than can the claims of
those based on other than public health grounds.
In regard to the houses which will need to be represented, the number
for which provision is being made is in effect an up-to-date figure which
takes the place of the number of 212 referred to in the report of November,
1951.
In regard to the number of houses for those families with a member
suffering from tuberculosis, the ratio of one-in-six of new houses has been
retained. This proportion of the number of new houses which it is anticipated
will be built is not far short of the figure referred to in the report of
November, 1951.
In regard to the overcrowded, the number of houses to be allotted falls
far short of the number of families at present living in overcrowded conditions.
The claims of those whose overcrowding is by not more than one
unit are being ignored. Instead then of 270 cases of overcrowding to be
considered, the number was reduced to 84, this being the number of families
living in conditions which are overcrowded by more than one unit. There
will of course be cases in which a family is well placed on the ordinary
points scale and is also one of the families most in need of rehousing, because
of overcrowding. Because of this overlap, the committee felt that the figure
of 84 could be reduced by one-third to 56. The houses allotted to these
overcrowded families will come out of the one pool of houses available to
those living in insanitary houses, or in overcrowded houses.
The claims of those cases of hardship where the need arises on health
grounds other than these three classes of the tuberculous, the overcrowded,
and those living in condemned houses, will continue to be considered by the
Housing Sub-Committee, and any houses allotted to them will come out of
a pool of houses to be made available for those with a variety of claims
including hardship on health grounds.
The following is a copy of Item 3273 of the Report of the Meeting
of the Public Health Committee of 14th October, 1952: —
" Allocation of New Houses: With reference to Council resolution 6015
(3rd October, 1952), whereby it was agreed, with regard to the allocation of
an estimated number of 528 Council houses (to be provided during 1952,
1953 and 1954) that one-half thereof should be allocated to families to be
rehoused from:
"(i) further insanitary dwellings;
d