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The Council's Housing Estates at present comprise :—
White Hart Lane Estate 787 houses.
Bromley Road Estate 28 houses.
Weir Hall Estate 306 houses.
Weir Hall Estate . 40 flats for aged persons.
Scotland Green Estate 36 houses.
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1,197 (including 40 flats).
In the three years 1941, 1942 and 1943, only 50 vacancies have
occurred on these Estates, and it has only been possible, therefore, to
deal with but a fraction of the many urgent cases registered on the
existing application list, which now totals over a thousand names.
The urgency of the housing problem was apparent midway
through 1942;, when there were 650 applications registered. Representations
were made to the Ministry of Health by deputations
appointed by the Council.
The subjects of such discussions were:—
(а) the immediate housing needs with particular reference
to requisitioning for general housing purposes;
and
(b) future requirements, taking into consideration the
post-war slum clearance programme.
Little progress in the solution of this problem has been made so
far, although the Ministry of Health Circulars 2845 and 2871, issued
in August and October, 1943, will enable the Council to secure a
limited number of properties for general housing needs.
The ma.in problem—namely, rehousing the hundreds of families
created and extended since the war—remains untouched, and it
will need vigorous action in the future to provide this urgent requirement
for new homes.
Inspections Carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors, and
Defects, etc., Remedied.
House to House Inspections 100
Infectious Diseases 523
Complaints 4,041
Drains Tested 652