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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Deptford 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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At the end of the year 138 flats were in an advanced state of construction by the Borough Council on the undermentioned sites:—
| Shardeloes Road | 31 | flats |
| Rokeby Road | 17 | flats |
| Erlanger Road (East) | 30 | flats |
| Idonia Street | 60 | flats |
(The 90 flats at Erlanger Road and Idonia Street were completed and
occupied during the first quarter of 1950.)
On other sites earmarked for housing by the Borough Council tenders
had been submitted to the London County Council for approval in respect
of Breakspears Road, Erlanger Road (West), and New Cross Road.
In the maintenance of existing houses the following is a summary of the
work done during 1949:—
Public Health (London) Act, 1936
| Total number of houses inspected for housing defects | 3,567 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | 1,043 |
| Number of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | 2,574 |
| Housing Act, 1936 | |
| Number of houses represented to the Council | 19 |
| Number of Demolition Orders made by the Council following representation | 3 |
| Number of houses repaired by owners | 1 |
| Number of houses, the subject of Closing Orders | 24 |
| Number of Closing Orders determined | 1 |
| Overcrowding | |
| Number of individual dwellings overcrowded at the end of year | 170 |
| Number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions during year | 150 |
| Number of families who have obtained alternative accommodation with London County | |
| Council during year | 42 |
| Number of families who have obtained alternative accommodation other than with the London County Council | 38 |
| Underground Rooms | |
| Number occupied, but unfit | 3 |
| Number closed | 3 |