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"Schemes for the erection of further houses are constantly
before the Council, but the lack of available building"
land is still a matter of great concern, and until the results
of the survey under the 1935 Housing Act are known to the
Council, it will not be possible to form any idea as to the
number of houses still to be erected to fulfil the requirements
of the survey. When such requirements have been fulfilled,
it does not follow that housing accommodation would not
still be urgently needed, having regard to the comparatively
low standard of overcrowding laid down under the Act.
"One great problem of the Housing Department is to
provide adequate accommodation for the very large families,
and cases are known where the family consists of ten, twelve
or fourteen persons. Great consideration will no doubt be
given to this problem in order to avoid any possibility of the
appropriate type of house subsequently becoming a burden
on the rates, as and when the size of the family reverts to
an average family type, the modern trend, of course, being
small families.
Cases of Tuberculosis.
"The Department still continues to re-house, and has, in
fact, re-housed during the year practically the whole of the
cases submitted by the Medical Officer of Health under the
above heading. Isolated cases still remain to be re-housed
in the appropriate type of house, that is, as regards both
accommodation and income available.
Housing Register.
"The number of registered applicants re-housed during
the year amounted to 89, including those from clearance areas
and cases recommended by the Medical Officer of Health.
The whole of the tenants from the first clearance orders have
been re-housed, with two exceptions, and in four cases the
areas have now been cleared.
Transfers.
"The Department still continues to transfer Council
tenants either within the estate, alternatively with registered
applicants. In the latter instance, it is necessary to have the
co-operation of the owner of the property, and this is not
always possible, the private owner naturally being desirous
of placing his own selected tenant in his own property. A
certain amount of success, however, was obtained during the
year, and where a registered applicant has been re-housed
the landlord has co-operated with the Housing Department
and allowed either a Council tenant to transfer or has
accepted a registered applicant from the Housing Register.