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but in all cases where overcrowding was discovered, apart from any
recommendation for rehousing which was sent to the appropriate housing
authority, a summary of the appropriate provisions of the Act, together
with the permitted number for the dwelling, was sent to the landlord
with a warning to the effect that when the present occupants were
rehoused he must not permit the dwelling again to become overcrowded.
SECTION 67 (Duty of medical officers to furnish particulars of overcrowding).
The following is a summary of the position as recorded in
the department with regard to overcrowding during and at the end of the
year:
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the
year 783
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 1,237
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 5,090
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the
year 43
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the
year 32
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 137
(iii) Number of families rehoused by London County Council
(iv) Number of families rehoused by the Borough Council 26
(v) Number of families finding other accommodation 4
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have
again become overcrowded after the local authority have
taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding Nil
Part V (Provision of housing accommodation)
Four compulsory purchase orders made by the Borough Council were
confirmed in 1956. The land involved totalled 1.815 acres and the
number of dwelling houses included in the orders totalled eight.
New dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1956 328
New dwellings under construction at the end of the year 404
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use 371
Number of families occupying requisitioned property 2,295
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 15?
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 439
Housing Applications
Number of applicants on the Borough Council's Housing Department's
register at the end of the year 7,787
New applicants added to the register 1,098
Number of families on the Borough Council's register rehoused
(including transfers to other accommodation and mutual
exchanges between tenants) 694
Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 302