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67 of these temporary bungalows have been demolished in previous years.
It should be noted that the Borough Council's figures include a number of
dwellings on the Syon Estate, Isleworth, which is in the adjoining Borough of
Heston and Isleworth.
Conversion of Council Houses
In December, 1957, a plan was prepared for the conversion of 10 semidetached
houses and 16 end houses in larger blocks in Lionel Road, and 6 houses
in Whitestile Road. The scheme was for the conversion of these 32 premises into
flats to double the amount of housing accommodation available on these sites.
By the end of 1960, 27 of these houses (24 in Lionel Road and 3 in Whitestile
Road) had been converted into 54 flats.
In addition, former requisitioned or other properties purchased by the
Council were altered as follows;-
17 properties had essential works and improvements done to modernise them
and 20 houses were converted into 59 self contained flats of varying sizes.
Overcrowding
Twenty-three cases of statutory overcrowding were brought to the notice
of the Department and were considered by the Housing Committee during 1960. It
will be seen from the Housing Statistics on page 55 that nineteen cases of overcrowding
were relieved during the year.
Overcrowding is relieved in various ways, by private arrangements made
by the families concerned, by Council re-housing, or by Council nomination under
the Industrial Selection Scheme for housing in New Towns,
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