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Part IV
(Abatement of overcrowding)
SECTION 76 (Duty of local authority to inspect and to make reports and
proposals as to overcrowding). The number of overcrowded dwellings recorded
in the department at the end of 1958 was 787; during the year 41 new cases were
added to the register. Overcrowding was abated in 38 dwellings by rehousing,
13 families were rehoused by the London County Council and 25 by the Borough
Council In the remaining nine dwellings the overcrowding was abated by
families finding other accommodation.
SECTION 78 (Offences in relation to overcrowding). In no case was statutory
action taken in respect of any dwelling reported to be overcrowded. As in
previous years where overcrowding was discovered, apart from any recommendation
for rehousing which was sent to the appropriate housing authority, a summary
of the relevant 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 787
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 1,238
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 5,135
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 41
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 47
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 217
(iii) Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 13
(iv) Number of families rehoused by the Borough Council 25
(v) Number of families finding other accommodation 9
(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)
New dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1959 409
New dwellings under construction at the end of the year 660
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use at end of
year 157
Number of families occupying requisitioned property at end of year 1,301
Number of units in Purchased Property in 1959 511
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 81
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 114
Housing Applications
Number of applicants on the Borough Council's Housing Department's
register at the end of the year 6,627
New applicants added to the register 847
Number of families on the Borough Council's register rehoused
(including transfer to other accommodation and mutual exchanges
between tenants) 950
Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 576