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On 15 March 1938 the broad-based meeting took place between the Housing and Slum
Clearance Committee and the various interested authorities to consider the question of a

housing scheme to accommodate the fisherfolk of the whole False Bay area. Arising from
this the City Engineer produced a sequence of reports with recommendations. That of 27

May 1938 dealt with the question from all angles and is reproduced in full in the box.

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27 May, 1938.

The Chairman and Members of the
Housing and Slum Clearance Committee.

Gentlemen,

In re Slum Property at Kalk Bay.

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Adverting to my report of the 29 October last and to the special meeting of your
Committee with representatives of the various bodies interested in this question of slum
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properties at Kalk Bay, held on the 15 March, I have to report that I have again
deliberated upon the matter with due regard to all the aspects of what is undoubtedly a most
difficult problem.

The facts are:
(1) That in the housing in the slum area to-day there are between 350 and 400
inhabitants comprising 126 fishermen and their families on land 2¾ acres in extent.
(2) There are 236 men engaged in the fishing industry of Kalk Bay Harbour, of
whom 110 fishermen and their families are compelled to live in other districts through lack
of dwelling facilities at Kalk Bay.
(3) To re-house all the fishermen of Kalk Bay and their families provision must be
made for 700 persons, or approximately 200 dwellings requiring about 20 acres of land for
housing in cottages or at least 5 acres for most intensive flat development.
(4) Re-housing on the existing site at Kalk Bay on well-planned hygienic lines will
not provide more than 35 cottages for the accommodation of 100 to 140 persons or 100
flats in three-storey blocks for about 550 inhabitants.

The question, therefore, is whether the Council is disposed to resort to measures
designed only to abate the slum evil in so far as the existing slum inhabitants of Kalk Bay
are concerned or whether it is prepared to attack the problem with a view to the adoption of