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with the structural standards laid down. The rest of the squatters were to go to the 'tolerated' areas where there was little control of the type of structure erected. Both types of area were to be planned in the sense that they were laid out in planned sites with allowance for roads, fire-breaks, etc., and both included communal water supply and com- munal latrines. Sufficient land for the larger 'tolerated' areas could not be found near the main centres of employ- ment and they were unpopular for this reason; but the 'approved' areas were more conveniently placed. For the next 2 years this policy continued to be applied and devel- oped. Provision was made for the shops, factories and work- shops in the squatter settlements to be replaced in the new areas. Schools were started and the voluntary agencies helped in many ways with improving conditions among the increas- ing numbers who had been resettled.
By the end of 1953 there were 9,000 units of accommoda- tion in the resettlement areas. Of these, 4,400 were domestic units of the 'approved' type and 4,350 were huts in the 'tolerated' areas. The remainder consisted of about 140 re- settlement shops and about 40 factories and workshops. About 30,000 persons had been resettled by these means. There were 15,000 others whose circumstances had been im- proved though they were still living in what were virtually squatter conditions; and it was then estimated that there were well over 250,000 still awaiting resettlement. Thus while steady progress was being made, it was already becoming apparent that the process of resettlement must somehow be accelerated if the problem as a whole were ever going to be solved. But there were many obstacles to acceleration. For one thing Government expenditure on the scheme was rising to $5 million annually and it was undeniable that the scheme had substantial weaknesses. Resettlement in the 'tolerated' areas gave a little more control, a little more orderliness and considerably less danger from fire, but that was all. It pro- vided no solution to the basic human and social problems.