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
Greenwich 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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The revision of the register has proved what was already known,
namely that the greatest demand is for accommodation consisting
of a minimum of two bedrooms and set out below are the details
and percentages of the demand under the headings of the types of
accommodation required and against it are set corresponding
percentages of those types of existing accommodation on the
Council's Estates:—
| Accommodation Demand | Accommodation on the Council's Estates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Elderly Persons A.0. | 77 | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Elderly Persons A.l. | 57 | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| A.0. (not E.P.) | 32 | Nil | |
| A.l. | 693 | 22.0% | 0.2% |
| A.2. | 1,670 | 53.0% | 23.0% |
| A.3. | 521 | 16.5% | 47.1 % |
| B.3. | 83 | 2.6% | 25.8% |
| B.4. | 21 | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Add "query" cases not yet pointed | 3,154 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 23 | These figures relate to permanent properties and E.F.M. Bungalows, but not to requisitioned properties and hutments. | ||
| 3,177 | |||
It will be noted from Table "A" that, whereas 75% of the applicants
are suitable for A.l. or A.2. type accommodation, i.e. they
comprise either childless married couples or couples with one or
two children, only 23.2% of the accommodation on the Council's
permanent estates is of the one or two bedroom type, whilst 72.9%
of the accommodation on the Council's estates is of the A.3. or B.3.
type, and only 19.1 % of the applicants require such accommodation.
The same preponderance of three bedroom accommodation is
apparent in the schemes for future accommodation which have been
approved. Reference to Table "B" will show that 35 families of
the A.l. type, and 165 families of the A.2. type have more than 20