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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 1962

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

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Table: Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1957) Details of overcrowding in the Borough , and of cases where overcrowding was abated, are as follows:-

Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1957) Details of overcrowding in the Borough , and of cases where overcrowding was abated, are as follows:-

No. of cases
On register at end of 1961160
New cases reported during 19621
Total161
Overcrowding abated during 196238
On register at end of 1962123

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Families Equiv.
Adults
Rehoused 7 28½
No longer overcrowded 17 89
Removed without trace 12 51½
Premises demolished 12 11½
Thirty of these cases were removed following a survey in the early part
of the year of overcrowded families.
In addition , one family who had been referred to the London County
Council on medical grounds was rehoused.