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Southwark 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATION ON MEDICAL GROUNDS. Of the numerous applications received, special recommendations on medical grounds have been made by me in the majority of cases, and I give below a list of the numbers of families re-housed, and the L.C.C. Estates upon which they have been accommodated: —

APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATION ON MEDICAL GROUNDS. Of the numerous applications received, special recommendations on medical grounds have been made by me in the majority of cases, and I give below a list of the numbers of families re-housed, and the L.C.C. Estates upon which they have been accommodated: —

Southwark55
Other Central London Estates201
Becontree41
Morden42
Downham79
Mottingham56
Other Outer London Estates9
Total483

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HOUSING ACT, I936-SECTION 25.
The following areas were represented for Clearance and Re-Housing
Schemes during the year under consideration:—
(а) Comus Place Area. (27 Houses.)
(Represented to Housing Committee, July, 1938.)
(Now being dealt with by the London County Council.)
(b) Bear Lane Area. (3 Houses.)
(Represented to Housing Committee, November, 1938.)
(c) Hurlbutt Place Area. (21 Houses.)
^Represented to Housing Committee, December, 1938.)
HOUSING ACT, 1936—SECTION 11.
The following properties were represented for demolition during
the year under consideration :—
177, Trafalgar Street. (Demolished.)
179, Trafalgar Street. (Demolished.)
181, Trafalgar Street. (Demolished.)
183, Trafalgar Street. (Demolished.)
185, Trafalgar Street. (Demolished.)
187, Trafalgar Street. (Demolished.)
203, East Street.
205, East Street.
207, East Street.
9, Queen's Row. (Demolished.)