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In the application of these tables account is only to be taken of rooms
which are normally used in the locality either as a living room or as a bedroom
In applying Table II, each room of the size mentioned is to be reckoned as
capable of accommodating the number set out in the Table, and the aggregate for
all the rooms in the house is ascertained in this manner- The "permitted
number" for the house is the aggregate number so obtained or the number given
by Table I, whichever is the smaller.
It will be seen that if all the rooms in a house to which the Tables are
to be applied are of 110 square feet or more in area only Table I will have to
be used. Table II is to be applied only when one or more of these rooms is
between 50 and 110 square feet in size; in such a case, the total number of
persons which would be allowed under Table II according to the size of the
rooms in the house is calculated. The number so reached will be the permitted
number if it is less than the number given by Table I„
In considering the application of the standard in relation to particular
families it is to be noted-
(i) that in the case of a house part of which is sub-let, the rooms
occupied by the sub-tenant constitute a separate house: (Section 68
defines "dwelling house" as any premises used as a separate dwelling
by members of the working classes or of a type suitable for such use):
(ii) that children between the ages of 1 and 10 years count as half a
person and that a child under 1 year of age does not count at all
(Section 58 ( 2):
(iii) that apart from the number of persons who may occupy a house there is
an overriding condition that the accommodation available for a particular
family must be such that no two persons both of 10 years of age
or over of opposite sexes except persons living together as husband
and wife, must sleep in the same room (Section 58 (1) (a)):
(iv) that only rooms normally used in the locality for sleeping or living
purposes are counted as rooms,, so that bathrooms,, sculleries, etc,,
are not counted as part of the accommodation (Section 68 defines a
"room" as not including any room of a type not normally used in the
locality either as a living room or as a bedroom)„
At the end of 1954 overcrowded dwellings to the number of 756 were
recorded in the department and 70 new cases were added to the register during
the year under review. Overcrowding in 19 cases was abated by rehousing by
the London County Council and in 24 instances by the Borough Council: in 11
instances the overcrowding was abated by families finding other accommodation,
When cases of overcrowding are discovered, apart from any recommendation
for rehousing which is sent to the appropriate housing authority, a summary of
the appropriate provisions of the Act, together with the permitted number for
the dwelling, is sent to the landlord with a warning to the effect that when
the present occupants are rehoused he must not permit the dwelling again to
become overcrowded.
PART V (Provision of housing accommodation)
Nine compulsory purchase orders made by the Borough Council were confirmed
in 1955. The land involved totalled 9.527 acres on which were 73 dwelling