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Wimbledon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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The following table shows the position in Wimbledon at the end of 1951 with regard to overcrowding.
| (a) (i) Number of dwellings known to the Department to be overcrowded at the end of the year | 64 |
| (ii) Number of families dwelling therein | 75 |
| (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 291 |
| (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 33 |
| (c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have been relieved during the year | 15 |
| (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 74 |
| (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 | - |
| 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 1951 | 478 |
| 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 | 1,720 |
| No. of live applications on the housing waiting-list | 3,425 |
| I am indebted to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the following information:— | |
| No. of new houses erected in Wimbledon during 1951:— | |
| Private enterprise | 7 |
| Local Authority | Nil |
| No. of new flats created by conversion during 1951:— | |
| Private enterprise | 41 |
| Local Authority | 8 |