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On the Council's Housing Estates 78 families were found to be overcrowded.
The Lettings Committee are endeavouring to abate this overcrowding
by transfer to more commodious premises, and 33 such transfers
were arranged during the year. One of the overcrowded families
left the Estate, and 3 ceased to be overcrowded, owing to the marriage
of children. At the end of the year there were 41 families remaining to
be dealt with.
On the L.C.C. Estate there were 109 cases of overcrowding, and the
L.C.C. have undertaken to abate this by transfer and re-arrangement.
At the end of the year, 21 cases had been dealt with.
Accommodation was found on the Counoil's Housing Estates for 30
overcrowded families from other parts of the district.
The figures above show that 88 cases of overcrowding have been
dealt with. It would, therefore, appear that there are still 1,234 overcrowded
families, but many changes have occurred since the census was
taken, and the latter figure may be inaccurate.
HOUSING ESTATES.
During the year a house to house inspection was made of the 816
houses on the Council's Housing Estates. Taken as a whole, the tenants
are good, and appear to appreciate the amenities provided by the Council,
but 10 per cent, are careless. The tenants appear to appreciate their
baths; only in five instances could it be stated definitely that the baths
were not used.
DISINFESTATION.
To prevent the conveyance of vermin, and to avoid misunderstanding,
the furniture of all new tenants of the Council's houses is examined
and suitably dealt with before removal. This applies not only to the
tenants from clearance areas, but to all new tenants on the Council's
Estates.
In addition to the work on the Housing Estate, disinfestation has
been carried out at 2'47 houses in the Borough, at the request of the
owners of the properties.
The procedure adopted is as followsAll removable woodwork
(beading, skirting-boards, arohitraves, etc.) is taken down and treated
with the blow lamp. All papers are stripped from the walls and ceilings,
and all holes) in the walls are subjected to the flame of the blow lamp.