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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 86 (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 785
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 1,237
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 5/120
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 33
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 31
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases .. .. 123
(iii) Number of families rehoused by London County Council 13
(iv) Number of families rehoused by the Borough Council 15
(v) Number of families finding other accommodation 3
(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 1957. The land involved totalled 5.765 acres and the approximate number of
dwelling houses included in the orders totalled 225.
New dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1957 321
New dwellings under construction at the end of the year 738
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use 264
Number of families occupying requisitioned property 2,129
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 171
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 353
Housing Applications
Number of applicants on the Borough Council's Housing Department's
register at the end of the year 8,121
New applicants added to the register 1,328
Number of families on the Borough Council's register rehoused
(including transfers to other accommodation and mutual exchanges
between tenants) 663
Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 583
HOUSING ACT, 1949
SECTION 4 (Power of local authorities to make advances for purpose of
increasing housing accommodation) . In 170 instances the Council maide advances
to persons to enable them to acquire houses.
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899 to 1923
Applications for advances for the purpose of house purchase were granted
by the Council in 139 instances.