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Wimbledon 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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D. Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were made Nil
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
in respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been rendered fit Nil
4. Housing Act, 1936, Part IV — Overcrowding.
The following table shows the position in Wimbledon at the end of 1953 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 | 74 | ||
| (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 379 | ||
| (b) | Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 13 | |
| (c) | (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have been relieved during the year | 12 | |
| (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 56 | ||
| (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 | Nil | |
Rehousing.
I am indebted to the Housing Manager for the following information
regarding rehousing in Wimbledon. These figures relate to the
position at 31st December, 1953:—
Number of houses requisitioned since the beginning of
the war and still held under requisition 444
Number of prefabricated bungalows provided since the
end of the war 71
Number of families rehoused by the Council or by
private owners at the Council's instigation since the
beginning of the war 1,956
Number of live applications on the housing waiting list 1,663
New houses erected, etc.
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the
following information:—
Number of new houses and flats erected in Wimbledon in 1953:
| Private enterprise | 18 |
| Local authority | 112 |
| Number of flats created by conversion in 1953: | |
| Private enterprise | 35 |
| Local authority | Nil |
In addition 18 flats of a temporary character were created by
adaptation.