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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

Bethnal Green 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms
In respect of which Closing Orders were determined,
the tenement or room having been rendered
fit
(e) Proceedings under Section 25 of the Housing Act,
1936:-
(1) Number of dwellinghouses included in Clearance
Areas 205
(2) Number of dwellinghouses demolished as a result
of Clearance Area procedure 5
Re-Housing Programme

Table: The following statement shows the number of families and persons accommodated by the Housing Committee to the 31st December, 1955:-

The following statement shows the number of families and persons accommodated by the Housing Committee to the 31st December, 1955:-

PremisesFamiliesPersons
Council flats103103318
Requisitioned properties191957
Total122122375

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At the end of the year there were approximately 2,597 applications
for re-housing outstanding.