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HOUSING.
Housing Conditions in the Borough of Wandsworth.
1. General Observations as to Housing Conditions.
The standard of houses in the Borough varies very much.
No details are available showing the proportion of the different
types and in the following statement the figures given are
only approximate and cannot be substantiated.
Some 20 per cent. of the houses in the Borough are of the
superior residential type and about 30 per cent. are of the
residential middle class type occupied by their owners.
There are a number of houses built in terraces, some
of them self-contained flats, which were built by private
enterprise for the artisan class between 20 and 50 years ago.
The proportion of these is probably in the neighbourhood of
15 per cent.
Some of the houses now occupied by the working classes
are large ones varying from 50 to 80 years old which were
built as the residential type and have degenerated in standard.
These form about 15 percent. 12 per cent. of the houses are
cottage property between 50 to 100 years old occupied by the
working classes.
7 per cent. are cottage property 80 to 100 years old, some
of which can be kept in condition for a number of years.
About 1 per cent. is old insanitary property not suitable
for re-conditioning.
2. Sufficiency of Supply of Houses.
Extent of Shortage.
There is a shortage of housing accommodation at a
reasonable rental. There are only a few houses available
at a rental under 12s. 6d. per week and there are many families
which cannot pay a rent higher than this amount. The