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94.
No applications have been sent for the Downham Estate
since the 4th April. 1929, as the number of houses
available on this estate for Fulham residents had been
exceeded at that time.
The rents, plus rates, of the County Council houses
vary from 10s. to 21s. per week, and the accommodation
varies from two to six rooms.
During the year 125 applications were made to the
Public Health Department, by families resident in
Fulham. for accommodation in houses on London County
Council estates.
These applications were dealt with as follows
78 families were recommended to the London County
Council for preferential treatment,
5 cases upon inquiry proved unsuitable for recommendation,
and
42 applicants decided that the estates available were not
suitable for them, on account of distance from their
places of employment.
The Public Health Department only recommend
cases of special hardship and overcrowding to the London
County Council. A large number of applications, however,
are made directly to the London County Council.
The applications received are investigated in order
to ascertain the family income and the occupations of
the individual members of the family, and the homes
are visited and inspected b\ the Sanitary Inspectors who
report to the Medical Officer of Health.
As a result of these enquiries 78 families, as stated
above, were recommended to the London County Council
for preferential treatment and 32 cases were accommodated
on the estates. 12 of whom were cases of overcrowding
while the remainder were suffering from other
forms of hardship. Ten applicants, in addition to the
thirty-two, were offered accommodation but changed
their minds and refused to accept it after all the investigations
and home visits had been made both by the
Borough and the London County Council officials.