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Bathrooms were provided and new grates and electrical power points were installed
in six old persons' bungalows in Saxon Gardens, and five old persons' bungalows in Allenby
Road.
New grates and electrical power points were installed in eight old persons' bungalows
in Brunei Place and two old persons' bungalows in Brindley Way.
Bathrooms, modern grates and electric power points were provided in three purchased
houses, one in Allenby Road, one in Abbotts Road and one in Beaconsfield Road.
Houses in Multiple Occupation
At the end of the year, 475 houses had been ascertained to be let in lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family.
The relevant sections of the Public Health Act, 1936, were applied as fully as possible
to the conditions where deterioration of hygiene standards occurred.
The Housing Act, 1961, came into force on the 24th November, 1961, affording a
measure of new control. The Council in 1962 adopted a new standard of occupation,
making this correspond with the standard which renders the owner or tenant of a dwellinghouse
liable to Abatement Notice.
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.
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.

Twenty-one of the temporary prefabricated bungalows have now been demolished and
the tenants transferred to permanent housing, leaving 278 still standing.