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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
Tottenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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However urgent it may be to pull down unfit houses, it will not be
possible to do so if there are no new houses in which to rehouse
the occupants.
The crux of the problem is therefore the availability of
building land - land which will make it possible to carry out the
already agreed policy of decanting.
The choice of areas in this first year's programme must,
therefore, have regard not only to the fitness or otherwise of the
houses but also to the existing density of development, It is
expected that the areas now scheduled for redevelopment will make
it possible to provide a favourable balance of houses when existing
occupiers have been rehoused.
Six areas comprising 48 houses were represented during the
year and the following table shows the position at the 31st
December, 19 55:-
POSTWAR CLEARANCE AREAS
| Area | Number of Dwellings | Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Represented | Inquiry | Confirmation | Rehousing Occupants Completed | Demolition of Premises Completed | ||
| Arthur Road | 19 | 28.11.50 | 13.11.51 | 19.1.52 | 10. 53 | 1. 54 |
| Markfield No. 1 | 17 | 28.10.52 | 5.5.53 | 13.8.53 | 7.55 | 8.55 |
| " No. 2 | 18 | 28.10.52 | 5.5.53 | 27. 7.53 | - | - |
| The Hale | 65 | 2.2.54 | 6.7.54 | 9.3.55 | - | - |
| White Hart Lane | ||||||
| No. 1 | 4 | 22.2.55 | 9.7.55 | - | - | |
| " " No. 2 | 123 | 1.6.54 | 22.2.55 | 9.7.55 | - | - |
| Tewkesbury No. 2 | 71 | 29.6.54 | 28.3.55 | 27.10.55 | - | - |
| " No. 3 | 2 | 30.8.55 | - | - | - | - |
| Plevna Crescent | ||||||
| 13 | 29.11.55 | - | - | - | ||
| " No. 2 | 6 | 29.11.55 | - | - | - | - |
| " No. 3 | 7 | 29.11.55 | - | - | - | - |
| St. Ann's Road | 5 | 29.11.55 | - | - | - | |
| Hartington Road | 15 | 29.11.55 | - | - | - | - |
The repair sections of the Housing Act, 19 36 have been used
whenever necessary but when the complaints concern houses in any
°f the scheduled areas - as indeed many of them do - provisions of
the Public Health Act or the Tottenham Corporation Act are used.
The complaints which present a problem are those from tenants
occupying houses in clearance areas already confirmed by the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government