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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
St Pancras 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Housing.
| Year. | By St. Pancras Borough Council. | By London County Council. | By Commissioners of Crown Lands. | By Private Enterprise. | Annual Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1921 | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 1922 | 257 | — | — | — | 257 |
| 1923 | — | — | — | 12 | 12 |
| 1924 | — | — | — | 108 | 108 |
| 1925 | — | — | — | 151 | 151 |
| 1926 | — | — | — | 50 | 50 |
| 1927 | — | — | — | 295 | 295 |
| 1928 | 44 | — | — | 254 | 298 |
| 1929 | 44 | 60 | — | 258 | 362 |
| 1930 | 58 | 66 | — | 50 | 174 |
| 1931 | — | 69 | — | 30 | 99 |
| 1932 | 22 | 52 | 166 | 60 | 300 |
| 1933 | — | — | 80 | 167 | 247 |
| 1934 | 64 | 63 | 98 | 258 | 483 |
| 1935 | — | 61 | 83 | 341 | 485 |
| 1936 | 44 | — | — | 257 | 301 |
| 1937 | 111 | 108 | 128 | 181 | 528 |
| 1938 | 153 | 35 | 22 | 119 | 329 |
| 1939 | 234 | — | — | 57 | 291 |
| Totals erected between the wars | 1,043 | 514 | 577 | 2,648 | 4,782 |
| 1948 | 134 | 31 | — | 4 | 169 |
| 1949 | 372 | 55 | — | 10 | 437 |
| 1950 | 239 | 70 | — | 31 | 340 |
Requests were received from the London County Council during 1950 for confirmation
of statutory overcrowding in respect of 800 applications for re-housing. Inspections were
made by the Council's Sanitary Inspectors and the prescribed forms forwarded to the London
County Council in respect of these cases. 480 families were found to be overcrowded.
The following shows the categorical placings of the 10,365 families on the Borough Council's housing waiting list at the end of the year:—
| Urgent priority "A" cases | 1,850 |
| Priority "B" cases | 371 |
| Priority "C" cases | 215 |
| Others | 7,929 |