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Area No. of houses No. of families
Aspland Grove 12 18
Lynmouth Road 7 7
Shacklewell Lane 9 15
Confirmation of the following two areas in respect of which Clearance
Orders were made in December, 1961 is still awaited:-
Shacklewell Row No 1 12 12
Shacklewell Row No, 2 8 10
PART IV
(Abatement of overcrowding)
SECTION 76 (Duty of local authority to inspect and to make reports and
proposals as to overcrowding). During the year 104 new cases of overcrowding
were added to the 846 overcrowded dwellings recorded in the department
at the end of 1961. Overcrowding was abated in 14 dwellings; seven families
were rehoused by the Borough Council and in the remaining seven dwellings the
occupants found other accommodation,
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 936
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein 1,388
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 5,872
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 104
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year 14
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 46
(iii) Number of families rehoused by the London County Council
(iv) Number of families rehoused by the Borough Council 7
(v) Number of families finding other accommodation 7
(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
PART V
(Provision of Housing Accommodation)
New dwellings completed by the Borough Council in 1962 369
New dwellings under construction at the end of the year 335
Number of temporary hutments and bungalows remaining in use at the end
of the year 141
Number of family units in property purchased by the Borough Council 1,992
Number of new dwellings completed by the London County Council 177
Number of units under construction at the end of the year 408
HOUSING APPLICATIONS
Number of applicants on the Borough Council's Housing Department's
register at the end of the year 5,401
New applicants added to the register 942
Number of families on the Borough Council's Register rehoused (including
transfer to other accommodation and mutual exchange between tenants) 1,151
Number of families rehoused by the London County Council 474