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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Homeless Families
Compared with the previous year, there was a slight decrease
in the number of families seeking help on account of homelessness
and also of those accepted into residence.
Families continued to receive case-worker support, as a result
of which there was a further fall in the number in residence at
the end of the year, viz. 48, a reduction of 16 (33⅓%) since 1st
January, 1969.
Some 86 families were rehoused during the year by this Council
and 6 by the Greater London Council compared with 96 and Nil
respectively for 1968.
Homeless Families Accommodation—Statistics
Application for Admission (1st January—31st December, 1969)
Number of Applications* 206
Number accepted into Residence 131
Excludes numerous preliminary enquiries not amounting to applications.
Homes—Admissions and Discharges
| Resident at 1st Jan., 1969 | Admissions | Discharges | Resident at 31st December, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons | Families | Men | Women | Children | Persons |
| 'Summercourt' | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 117 | 65 | 120 | 251 | 436 | 117 | 67 | 119 | 251 | 437 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 158a Plumstead High Street | |||||||||||||||||||
| 58 | 45 | 58 | 136 | 239 | 95 | 76 | 94 | 221 | 391 | 112 | 90 | 111 | 250 | 451 | 41 | 31 | 41 | 107 | 179 |
| 32 Charlton Road | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
1st Jan., 1969
Nos.in Residence
31st Dec., 1969
Nos. in Residence
Males
Females
Total
Admitted
Died
Dischaiged
or
transferred
Males
Females
Total
7 17 24 28 5 — 22 25 47