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Wimbledon 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SECTION D. — HOUSING.
The following table shows the position in Wimbledon at the end of 1949 with regard to overcrowding.
| (a) (i) Number of dwellings known to the Department to be overcrowded at the end of the year | 47 |
| (ii) Number of families dwelling therein | 57 |
| (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 212½ |
| (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 42 |
| (c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have been relieved during the year | 28 |
| (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 146 |
| (d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | 1* |
*In one case where the Local Authority had taken steps to
secure the abatement of overcrowding, the dwelling-house concerned
again became overcrowded to the extent of ½ unit.
Details of this case were considered very carefully, and in the
light of all the circumstances it was decided not to take legal action.
Rehousing.
I am indebted to the Housing Manager for the following information
regarding rehousing in Wimbledon:—
No. of houses requisitioned since the beginning
of the war, and still held under requisition
at the end of 1949 485
No. of prefabricated bungalows provided since
the end of the war 71
No. of families rehoused by the Council, or by
private owners at the Council's instigation,
since the beginning of the war 1,557
No. of live applications on the housing waitinglist
2801
New houses erected, etc.
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the
following information:—
No. of new houses erected in Wimbledon during
1949 101
No. of flats created by building or conversion 79
20