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Bromley 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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SECTION D.—HOUSING.
Rehousing.
The problem of housing still remains acute, and at the 31st
December, 1951, there were some 1,892 families on the waiting list of
the Local Authority.
The following statement shows the Council's post-war housing programme as at 1st January, 1952: —
| PERMANENT HOUSING: | |||
| Units. | |||
| Princes Plain Estate | 50 | ||
| Coppice Estate | 532 | ||
| London Road Flats | 54 | ||
| Bourne Way Flats | 66 | ||
| Tylney Road Flats (part) | 30 | ||
| Purchased Properties | 32 | ||
| Hayes Place Estate (part) | 8 | ||
| London Road1 Flats (Extension) | 12 | ||
| Tylney Road Flats (Contract No. 2.) | 24 | ||
| Longfield Site | 18 | ||
| Hayes Place Estate (part) | 148 | ||
| Hayes Place Estate (part) | 186 | ||
| Blackbrook Lane | 90 | ||
| Hayes Place (Old People's dwellings) | 29 | ||
| London Road (Park End/Highland Road) | 50 (Estimated) | ||
| Blyth Road | 76 (Estimated) | ||
| Nichol Lane | 6 (Estimated) | ||
| TEMPORARY HOUSING: | |||
| Properties. | Units. | Occupied. | |
| Prefabricated Bungalows | 325 | 325 | 325 |
| Requisitioned Properties available for occupation | 375 | 762 | 762 |
| Halfway Houses and Hayes Camp | 9 | 135 | 135 |
| 709 | 1,222 | 1,222 | |
I am indebted to the Property Manager for the following details
which relate to the year 1951 only:—
1. (a) No. of permanent houses occupied' during 1951:—
Re-let 42
New Properties 94
236
(b) No. of families accommodated in permanent houses
during 1951 236
(c) No, of persons accommodated in permanent houses
during 1951 903