London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Deptford 1914
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Inspector Hewett.
| Alloa Road | 68 | 20 | 48 |
| Bestwood Street | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Crook Road | 56 | 40 | 16 |
| Grove Street | 95 | 62 | 33 |
| Hoopwick Street | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| Kempslade Street | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| Yeoman Street | 10 | 10 | — |
| Windmill Lane | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Hicks Street | 17 | 5 | 12 |
| Scawen Road | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| 326 | 181 | 145 |
Inspector Allam.
| Alpha Road | 21 | 11 | 10 |
| Amersham Road | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Ashmead Road | 70 | 23 | 47 |
| Brookmill Road | 2 | 2 | — |
| Bolden Street | 22 | 6 | 16 |
| Fishers Rents | 11 | 11 | — |
| Florence Road | 93 | 55 | 38 |
| Heald Street | 2 | 2 | — |
| Lind Street | 30 | 11 | 19 |
| New Cross Road | 73 | 34 | 39 |
| Pearsons Avenue | 2 | 2 | — |
| Strickland Street | 1 | 1 | — |
| Thornville Street | 1 | 1 | — |
| 339 | 166 | 173 |
The following is a list of the houses in respect of which Closing
Orders were made:—
east ward.
75 Alvar Street
north ward.
31 and 33 Watergate Street.
61 „ 63 Do.
The Housing Act: Demolition of Condemned Houses.
The provisions contained in the Housing, etc., Act, 1909, Sec. 18,
with regard to houses which have been condemned as unfit for human
habitation and their demolition ordered by the Local Authority appears
to be in many cases imperfectly understood. Instances occur where