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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
Chelsea 1953
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1953
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It will be apparent that for a Total Coat of £31,516 (representing
an average expenditure of only £100 per house), 314 houses have been
rendered reasonably fit, with an expectation of life of at least ten
years. In only 64 was it necessary for the Council to carry out the
work at a cost of £3,950 of which approximately £3,450 had been recovered
at the end of the year.