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during 1938. In addition, during the periodical house-to-house
inspection, a number of the houses-let-in-lodgings were inspected.
These visits appear in the report on house-to-house
inspection.
Common Lodging' Houses.—There are now no premises
in the Borough registered as common lodging houses.
Van Dwellings.—One hundred visits were paid to these
van dwellings in South Wimbledon.
In January there were nine sites used by van dwellers,
and these were situate in Trinity and Haydon Park Wards.
As a result of action by the Local Authority six sites have
been entirely cleared of these structures.
The remaining three sites are owned and occupied by
travelling showmen who return to Wimbledon for the winter
months.
On a portion of one of these plots of land the owner has
erected three houses, reserving the rest of the site for the
caravans of travelling showmen.
One other site, formerly occupied by two motor caravans,
was vacant at the end of the year, but it is anticipated that
the caravans will return there early in 1939.
In the third case one motor trailer was on the land at
the end of December. This was occupied by a man and his
wife.
The question of these moveable dwellings is still under
consideration by the local authority.
The following table shows the position on 31st December,
1938.
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