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105.
In addition to the written applications described
above a large number of verbal applications were made
to the department by persons who, on being.made aware
of the position of the London County Council estates,
the rents charged and other details, did not make a
written application.
It will be seen from the above figures that many of
those who required accommodation were unsuccessful in
obtaining it.
In many instances the family income was below the
standard usually required by the London County Council
for their tenants after taking into consideration the size
of the families, the travelling expenses and other matters.
Unless fully satisfied that the applicants are able to pay
the rent and travelling expenses to and from work the
London County Council will not consider the applications.
Several families have unfortunately found when
they moved into the new houses that the expenses were
too much of a drain on their resources and returned to
Fulham. The families usually catered for by the London
County Council are those earning ,£3 10s. or more per
week. Many of the successful applicants were in receipt
of family incomes of £6 to £8 per week.
Overcrowding occurs frequently among families of
this class but is much more common and serious among
the lower wage earning class for whom the London
County Council make no direct provision.
More applications for accommodation are received
from families earning between £2 10s. and £3 per week
than from any other class. Such families are only indirectly
benefited when the better off families are accommodated
by the London County Council.
Unfortunately Fulham is much built up and the
overcrowding problem cannot possibly be solved by
building within the Borough alone. The flats which it
is proposed to build on the Swan Brewery Site will,
however, help to relieve the situation to some extent.