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of 2,220 on the previous mid-year figure; this is,
however, a decrease on the figure for 1936. The
increase in the number of inhabitated houses is 717,
which also shows a small decrease when compared
with the figure for 1936. During the year, 643 new
houses were erected and 215 new flats.
At the end of 1936, there were seventeen cases
of overcrowding outstanding, and during 1937, seven
new cases were reported. Of these, fifteen cases
were relieved during the year.
A Health Campaign was organised in the latter
part of the year in conjunction with the Central
Council for Health Education and the Surrey
County Council. The programme arranged for a
series of "Health Days" on which lectures, demonstrations
and cinema displays were to be held.
Apart from the first Day, the undertaking was not
successful, and after the third Day, the remainder
of the programme was cancelled owing to lack of
public support.
Two Acts of major importance came into force
during the year. The Housing Act, 1936, came
into operation on the 1st January, 1937, and whilst
the Act does not include any new legislative requirements,
it repeals and re-enacts in a consolidated
form, the Housing Acts of 1925, 1930 and 1935. The
Public Health Act, 1936, took effect as from the 1st
October, 1937. The Act repeals the majority of the
provisions of the Public Health Acts, 1875 to 1925,
re-enacts them in a consolidated form and also
makes additional provisions.