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These figures represent the information which comes to the department
in the course of routine work and cannot be strictly accurate at any given
time. There is no obligation on any one to notify the Authority when overcrowding
takes place or when it is abated and only a complete survey
carried out simultaneously in every part of the district could ascertain the
exact position.

In all the 14 new instances of overcrowding, families were found to be
sharing accommodation with relatives.
Abatement was effected in the following ways:—
Provision of alternative accommodation by:—
Carshalton U.D.C. 2
London County Council 2
Other Local Authorities 8
Removal of one or more occupants 15
Of the 33 dwellings remaining overcrowded at the end of the year, 21
are owned by the London County Council, 2 by the Carshalton Council
and 10 are privately owned.
Slum Clearance and Demolition
The occupants of the 8 tenement houses of Clearance Area No. 7 in
Stanley Road were rehoused and the site cleared in preparation for redevelopment
during the year.
In April a representation was made to the Council in respect of
Clearance Area No. 14 involving 30 terrace type houses and one combined
house and shop in St. John's Road. The Council decided to proceed by
way of a Compulsory Purchase Order and the Ministry Inquiry was held on
the 26th November.
One individual house in Wrythe Lane was found to be unfit chiefly as
a result of damage to the structure from ground subsidence and an order
for demolition was made under Section 17 of the Housing Act, 1957.
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
One certificate of disrepair originally granted under the sections
of this Act now repealed was revoked during the year.
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