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SECTION D. — HOUSING.
Housing Act, 1936, (Part IV) — Overcrowding.
The following table shows the position in Wimbledon at the end
of 1952 with regard to overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings known to the
partment to be overcrowded at the
end of the year 60
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 68
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 353
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding
ported during the year 15
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known
to have been relieved during the year 21
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 101
(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
—
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 1952 454
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 1,827
No. of live applications on the housing waitinglist
2,396
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 1952:—
Private enterprise 14
Local Authority 84
No. of new flats created by conversion during 1952:—
Private enterprise 59
Local Authority 2
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