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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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It can be seen by the figures in the following table that there has been a definite decline since 1945 in the number of families found to be living in overcrowded conditions in the Borough :—
| Year | No. of cases of overcrowding reported. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 261 | ||
| 1947 | 128 | ||
| 1948 | 162 | ||
| 1949 | 168 | ||
| 1950 | 148 | ||
| 1951 | 56 | ||
| 1952 | 52 | ||
| 1953 | 53 | ||
| 1954 | 39 | ||
| 1955 | 39 | ||
| 10-year average | 110 | ||
| 1956 | 38 | ||
New Housing Accommodation.—The following table lists the new dwellings erected in the Borough during 1956:—
| Type of Dwelling | G.B.C. | L.C.C | Private | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent Houses | 13 | 9 | 16 | 38 |
| Permanent Houses (rebu.lt) | — | - | 17 | 17 |
| Flats | 156 | 6 | 74 | 236 |
| Flats (rebuilt) | — | — | — | — |
| Total No. of Dwellings | 169 | 15 | 107 | 291 |
Excluding the families accommodated in requisitioned property,
the total number of dwellings provided in the Borough since the
termination of the war is now 4,580.
Council Housing Schemes.
(а) Schemes completed during the year under review.
Site Dwellings
Little Heath 36
Cold bath Street 88
Humber/Ruthin Roads 16
Blackheath Hill 22
Ormiston/Halstow Roads 11
(б) Schemes in progress at the end of the current year.
Nil.