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page 52 that thirty-two cases of overcrowding were relieved during the year.
This is a higher figure than in 1954, when the number was 14. Overcrowding is
relieved in various ways, by private arrangements made by the families concerned,
by Council rehousing, or by Cbuncil nomination under the Industrial Selection
Scheme for housing in New Towns,
Since New Town housing for Brentford and Chiswick residents has become
available, one hundred and seven families have obtained housing in this way,
four at Basildon, thirty-one at Bracknell, eighteen at Crawley, seven at Harlow,
twenty-seven at Hemel Hempstead, sixteen at Stevenage, and four at Welwyn and
Hatfield. These figures are up to December, 1954, In 1955, seventeen families
were nominated and rehoused in New Town accommodation under the Industrial
Selection Scheme. These families were not necessarily all living in overcrowded
conditions, as the obtaining of New Town housing is not so much dependent on the
housing conditions of the families concerned, as on the ability of the head of
the family to find work in the New Town, but in the majority of cases, overcrowding
was probably the reason for the wish of the families to transfer away
from the Borough,
DISINFECTION
Premises disinfected:
Ordinary notifiable diseases 46
Tuberculosis 5
Cancer 19
Other diseases 2
Premises treated for vermin 13
Premises treated for other pests
(wasps, moths, ants and beetles) 11
An arrangement is in force whereby the South West Middlesex Hospital Management
Committee undertakes to carry out emergency disinfection of vermin infested
or smallpox-infected clothing and bedding on demand.
MISCELLANEOUS
RODENT CONTROL
During the year 2,718 primary visits and re-visits were made by the Rodent
Operatives to premises in the district in connection with rodent disinfestation.
The number of premises where treatment was carried out is as follows:-
Private Houses 301
Factories 15
Shops 20
Schools 9
In addition to the above, two maintenance treatments to the sewers were
carried out under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
during the months of January and June, and the following shows the number of
manholes found to be infested.
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