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Lambeth 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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APPENDIX II.
HOUSING SURVEY (LAMBETH BOROUGH).
1919 and 1922.

Table: Table shewing the Housing needs of the Borough of Lambeth, (a) the estimated figures in 1919 for a period of three years, and (b)the actual figures at the end of that period, December, 1922 (vide also Annual Report, 1920, pp. 100-107):—

Table shewing the Housing needs of the Borough of Lambeth, (a) the estimated figures in 1919 for a period of three years, and (b)the actual figures at the end of that period, December, 1922 (vide also Annual Report, 1920, pp. 100-107):—

Estimated October, 1919.Actual. December, 1922.
1. Working class houses required during the next three years to—
(a) Meet the unsatisfied demand for houses (taking account of growth of population, over-crowding, etc.)4201,906
(b) Re-house persons to be displaced by the clearance of unhealthy areas and
(c) Re-place other dwellings which are unfit for human habitation and cannot be made fit104247
(d) Re-place obstructive or other buildings (now inhabited and not included under heading (c) which should be demolishednilnil
(e) Re-place other houses, which although they cannot, at present, be regarded as unfit for human habitation, fall definitely below a reasonable standard336413
(f) Meet anticipated deficiencies, e.g., arising from new industrial developmentnil36
8602,602