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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
Chislehurst 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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The position at the 31st December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table:—
| Area | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | No. of cases found during the year | No. of cases remedied during year | Cases at end of year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of persons concerned | |||||||||||||||||||
| No. of cases | Aged over 10 | Aged under 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lamorbey | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | |||
| Longlands | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Birchwood | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frognal | 1 | 1 | _ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| North Cray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| St. Pauls Cray' | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| Chislehurst Common | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Mottingham | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 27 | 3 | |
| Totals | 13 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 42 | 43 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 24 |
(vi) Defects:
Number of houses inspected for housing defects (Public
Health and Housing Acts) 1,801
Number of houses found not in all respects fit 865
Number of houses made fit without service of formal
notices 818