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Prompt investigations of complaints were made and suitable
action taken where it was found necessary.
(Signed) George Laws, f.r.san.i., f.s.i.a.,
Chief Sanitary Inspector,
and Officer under the
Housing Acts.
HOUSING
The year 1936 was marked by a great advance in the crusade
for Slum Clearance and better housing conditions.
The Second Slum Clearance Scheme involving the demolition
of 121 houses and the re-housing of 453 persons was completed and
the families re-housed on the new Housing Estate at Ham.
The work of transferring all the tenants from their condemned
dwellings to the new Housing Estate was carried out most
successfully.
The houses provided at Ham consisted of—8 A.2 type, 74 A.3
and 10 A.4, making a total of 92 houses.
Many of the tenants after settling down in their new
surroundings expressed great satisfaction at the change in their
new mode of living under such improved surroundings.
The erection of 28 flats consisting of 12 A.2 and 16 A.3 type
was commenced under the 1925 Act, on the Crofton Terrace
"Clearance" Area. Some of these flats are expected to be ready
for occupation about July and all should be occupied before the end
of the present year.
Housing Act, 1935 Overcrowding Survey.
The Overcrowding Survey required by Section 1 of the
Housing Act, 1935, was commenced on the 19th December, 1935,
find completed on the 14th March, 1936. A detailed report on the