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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 1954 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 377
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 11
(r) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have
been relieved during the year 24
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 142
(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
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, 1954:—
Number of houses requisitioned since the beginning of
the war and still held under requisition 426
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 2,034
Number of live applications on the housing waiting list 1,452
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 1954:
Private enterprise 36
War Damage Rebuild 1
Local authority 50
Number of flats created by conversion in 1954:
Private enterprise 24
Local authority Nil
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