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in one of the New Towns were subsequently accepted as Council nominees. The total
number of families who have moved to New or Expanded Towns since that date is a
further 215, twenty.nine families having been rehoused in this way during 1960.
Modernisation of Council Houses
There were 426 houses, built between 1930 and 1936, which still had old ranges with
hot water supply, except where the tenants themselves installed modern fireplaces. 67
of these ranges were replaced by the Council during 1960, making a total of 230 modernised
up to the 31st December, I960.
Houses Let in Lodgings
There were known at the end of the year to be 180 houses let in lodgings, owned and
occupied mainly by Indians, within a few instances West Africans and Irish as sub.tenants.
Section 90 of the Housing Act, 1957, is applied to each of these houses so that owners
shall know as soon as possible "what is in the authority's opinion the maximum number
of persons by whom it is suitable to be occupied."
The Public Health Act, 1936, had on occasion to be used for the repair and cleansing
of waterclosets and accumulations of rubbish.
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944—Section 345
The caravan site at the junction of Regina Road and Pluckington Place continued
to be used as the winter quarters of a member of The Showmen's Guild. One family
still occupied a caravan near the Grand Union Canal, at Bull's Bridge.
New Housing
The following details have been supplied by the Borough Engineer, outlining the
complete amount of house building for Southall since the end of the war.

In 1960, six of the temporary prefabricated bungalows were demolished and the
tenants transferred to permanent housing. 21 of these bungalows have now been
demolished leaving 278 still standing.