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Carshalton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Overcrowded
at
31.12.37
Found
overcrowded
during
1938
De
crowded
during
1938
Remaining
overcrowded
at
31.12.38
Net reduction
in
overcrowding
during
year.
92
50
63
Dwellings
79
13
Equivalent adults
633
328
399
562
71
Of the 50 new cases of overcrowding, 9 were illegal. Five of
these were abated by informal action and 2 by service of
statutory notice. Two were outstanding at the end of the year.
The 63 overcrowded cases were abated in the following manner :
Provision of alternative accommodation :—
(a) By Carshalton Council II
(b) By London County Council 25
Left the district 8
By removal of one or more occupants 18
The families themselves securing alternative
accommodation
The position with regard to overcrowding in the individual wards up to the end of 1938 was as follows :—
| WARD | Houses overcrowded at Survey | Houses found overcrowded up to 31.12.38 | Houses de-crowded up to 31.12.38 | Houses remaining overcrowded at 31.12.38 | Overcrowding Cases remedied during 1938. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | |||||
| St. Helier North | 40 (a) | 31 (A) | 48 (A) | 23 (b) | 8 | 3 | 11 (b) |
| St. Helier South | 31 (b) | 51 (b) | 20 (b) | 12 | 7 | 19 (b) | |
| St. Helier West | 45 (b) | 40 (f) | 63 (i) | 22 (b) | 11 | 8 | 19 (/) |
| North East | 17 (c) | 14 (d) | 28 (e) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| North West | 10 | 36 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Central | 10 | 17 (d) | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| South West | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| South East | 12 (e) | 14 (g) | 21 it) | 5 (e) | 4 | 2 | 6 (k) |
| 173 | 172 | 266 | 79 | 36 | 27 | 63 | |
(a) 39 L.C.C. houses.
(b) All L.C.C houses.
(c) 4 C.U.D.C. houses.
(d) 1 C.U.D.C. house.
(e) 5 C.U.D.C. houses.
(f) 37 L.C.C. houses.
(g) 9 C.U.D.C. houses.
(h) 47 L.C.C. houses.
(i) 60 L.C.C. houses.
(j) 18 L.C.C. houses.
(k) 3 C.U.D.C. houses.
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