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OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Although no Offensive Trades have been established in the District,
notice was taken of bone-boiling and fat-melting in connection with a
knacker's yard. The attention of the proprietors was directed to this
fact, and an undertaking was given that these irregularities would be
terminated forthwith.
UNDERGROUND SLEEPING ROOMS.
The number of Underground Sleeping Rooms in the District is so
small that regulations in respect of them under the Housing Act, 1925,
Sec. 18 (1) are uncalled for. In only one instance has any difficulty
arisen with reference to the habitation of an underground dwelling during
the past 12 months.
SCHOOLS.
The sanitary condition of the Schools is reported upon in a separate
section.
HOUSING.
I. General Housing Conditions in the Area.
1. General Housing Conditions.—The great majority of the houses in
Tottenham are of the artisan type. The method of building was
generally long terraces of uniform pattern until the operation of the
housing schemes. On the new estates, a more ornate type of building is
erected, and the general effect is one of improvement. On the London
County Council's White Hart Lane Estate, tenement buildings have been
erected (Topham Square), and although for the area occupied by the houses
greater accommodation is afforded, it is hoped that further building of
tenement houses will not be proceeded with.
2.—(a) Extent of shortage or excess of houses.—The extent of the
shortage of houses may be gauged by the statement in the foreword that
approximately 3,000 families are entered upon the Treasurer's waiting
list.
(b) Measures taken or contemplated to meet any shortage.—The Council
have at present under consideration a scheme for the erection of 300 houses.
The extent to which private enterprise has contributed to a solution of
the difficulty will be appreciated by the fact that during 1925, 324 houses
were erected by this means.
II. Overcrowding.
The exact extent to which overcrowding prevails in the District
cannot definitely be stated. That it does exist to some considerable