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Ada Street: Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35,
37, 39, 41, 43; 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42,
44.
Sheep Lane-. Nos. 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, fS, f»0,
62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74; land and buildings rear of 74;
building rear of 44; 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86.
Antwerp Street: Nos. 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27 and land and buildings
rear of; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30,
32; building adjoining No. 3.
Urban Place-. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Andrews Road : Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.
OVERCROWDING.
At the preliminary survey of the Borough carried out between November, 1935
and February, 1936, when 35,883 houses occupied by 61,615 families were visited,
2,651 families were found to be living in overcrowded conditions. For the purpose
of this survey it was necessary only to secure the measurements of rooms occupied
by 7,880 families.
Section 62 (2) of the Housing Act, 1936, places upon the local authority the
duty of informing the landlord or occupier of a dwelling house of the number of
persons who may occupy the house, and this information together with a summary
of the provisions of the Act relating to overcrowding must be entered in every
rent book or other similar document as from the 1st July, 1937, the date fixed by
the Minister of Health on and after which it will be an offence for a landlord or
occupier of a house in the Borough to cause or permit the house to become overcrowded.
The work of measuring the dwellings occupied by the remaining 53,735 families
was commenced on 1st October, 1936, and it is hoped to complete the record of
the number of persons permitted to occupy the working class dwellings in the
Borough by July, 1937.
The following is a summary of the cases of overcrowding recorded in the
Public Health Department at the end of 1936 :—
1. Cases of overcrowding found in the preliminary survey of 1935-36—
(a) In privately owned dwellings 2,538
(b) In Borough Council's dwellings 43
(c) In London County Council's dwellings 70
2,651
2. Cases of overcrowding found during 1936 225
3. Total number of overcrowded families recorded 2,876
4. Cases of overcrowding relieved in 1936—
(a) In privately owned dwellings
(including 45 cases relieved in slum
clearance operations) 364
(b) In Borough Council's dwellings 7
(c) In London County Council's dwellings 30
401
5. Cases of overcrowding remaining to be dealt with 2,475