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Greenwich 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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Table: New Housing Accommodation.—The following table lists the new dwellings erected in the Borough during 1953:—

New Housing Accommodation.—The following table lists the new dwellings erected in the Borough during 1953:—

Type of DwellingG.B.C.L.C.CPrivateTotal
Permanent Houses_64973
Permanent Houses (rebuilt)——1616
Flats1311602293
Flats (rebuilt)————
Total No. of Dwellings13122427382

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(c) Whilst perhaps not finally confirmed, the following additions
and extensions have been envisaged by the Council:—
Excluding the families accommodated in requisitioned property,
the total number of dwellings provided in the Borough since the
termination of the war is now 4,017.

Table: Council Housing Schemes. Determined efforts by the Council to overcome the lack oi housing accommodation in the Borough is shown by the following tables :—

Council Housing Schemes. Determined efforts by the Council to overcome the lack oi housing accommodation in the Borough is shown by the following tables :—

SiteDwellings
Ashburnham Place12
Beaconsfield Road60
Charlton Village ...6 (and 4 shops)
Elliscombe Road12
Invicta Road18
Kinveachy Gardens16
Plumbridge Street ......13 (and 9 shops)
(b) Dwellings in the course of construction at the end of the current year.
SiteDwellings
Bramhope Lane ...2
Charlton Village ...3 (and 3 shops)
Pond Road44