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SECTION D. — HOUSING.
In accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 17/55, details on
housing matters are omitted, but the following information is given
in connection with overcrowding, rehousing and new houses erected:—
Housing Act, 1936, Part IV — Overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings known to the Department to
be overcrowded at the end of the year 60
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 63
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 312
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during
the year 6
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have
been relieved during the year 7
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 39
(d) Number of 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, 1956:—
Number of houses requisitioned since the beginning of
the war and still held under requisition 336
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 2,156
Number of live applications on the housing waiting list 998
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 1956:
Private enterprise 42
Local authority 18
Number of flats created by conversion in 1956:
Private enterprise 29
Local authority Nil
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