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Walthamstow 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Details of the occupations of all applicants interested in the
New Towns are furnished to the Ministry of Labour.
Total number of Applications on Housing Register (31.12.58),
3,785.
The following extracts are taken from the Annual Report of
the Housing Management Committee.
| Condition of Point Scheme | ||
|---|---|---|
| "C" | Families living with relatives | 55 |
| "D" | Families living apart | 5 |
| "E" | Irregular overcrowding | 14 |
| "K" | Three or more families (relatives) in house | |
| "H" | Transfer of priority housing | — |
| "J" | Special cases | 39 |
| "J" | Rehousing subject to nomination | 34 |
| M.O.H. | Medical recommendations (T.B.) | 11 |
| M.O.H. | Cases for consideration | 10 |
| Special requests for emergency accommodation | 42 | |
| 214 |
Note : Of the thirty-nine special cases considered under Clause J
of the points scheme fifteen were agreed for early rehousing.
Housing Register
Since the last report the revision of the Housing Register was
completed and it is reasonable to say that the present Register
containing 3,762 applications can be considered as being "live"
applications. The number (987) of new applications received
continues to be greater than the deletions from the Register due to
rehousing or to applicants finding their own accommodation and
the present figure shows a net annual increase of 362 applications.
While applications are received from nearly all the newly-married
couples a fair proportion of the increase is due to requests from
families living in older property, who are desirous of having the
modern conditions of Council property. Another factor is the effect
of the Rent Act, 1957 on the rent of controlled properties.
In June the Committee approved an amendment of the Points
Scheme to provide for additional points being awarded to cases
where moral overcrowding was occurring.