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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
Dagenham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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B. Estimated production of new houses of workin class type by private enterprise during the next five years:-
| 1. With subsidy under the Act of 1924 | Nil | |
| 2. Under arrangements made under Section 29 of the Act of 1930 | Nil | |
| 3. Otherwise (other than London County Council) | 1,175 | |
| Total | 1,650 | |
| c. | Estimated number of new houses to be allocated by the Local Authority during the next five years to the purposes of the Housing Act, 1930 | 100 |
| D. | Estimated number of new houses to be allocated by the Local Authority during the next five years to the purposes of the Act of 1924 | 375 |
| Total | 475 | |
| E. | Estimated number of houses to be demolished during the next five years :— | |
| (i) In clearance areas | Nil | |
| (ii) In improvement areas | Nil | |
| (iii) Individual houses outside clearance and improvement areas | 100 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| F. | Estimated number of persons to be displaced during the next five years:— | |
| (i) By any of the processes mentioned in E | 500 | |
| (ii) To abate overcrowding in improvement areas | Nil | |
| Total | 500 | |
| G. | Estimated number of houses to be repaired under Part 11 of the Housing Act, 1930, during the next five years | 2,000 |
These houses should be sufficient in numbers to meet the
requirements in connection with the old property and to abate the
overcrowding. The chief difliculty will be the capacity or willingness
of the persons to pay the increased rent. The housing site