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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
London County Council 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Housing
The Council has set aside a small number of dwellings for the rehousing of families on purely medical grounds. The following table shows the cases dealt with in the past five years.
| 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendations received | 275 | 232 | 224 | 180 | 126 |
| Nominated for rehousing | 185 | 209 | 139 | 110 | 110 |
| Recommendations not qualifying for rehousing | 114 | 93 | 20 | 70 | 61 |
| Under consideration at end of year | 115 | 45 | 110 | 110 | 65 |
| 2,689 | 3,357 | 2,570 | 2,263 | 2,586 | |
| Nominated for rehousing | 418 | 607 | 164 | 363 | 449 |
| Recommendations not qualifying for rehousing | 1,951 | 2,503 | 1,791 | 2,082 | 2,653 |
| Under consideration at end of year | 1,053 | 1,300 | 1,915 | 1,733 | 1,217 |
| Work in connection with unfit houses during the past five years is summarised below: | |||||
| Areas represented as unfit for human habitation | 27 | 48 | 34 | 87 | 109 |
| Houses in such areas | 660 | 1,356 | 932 | 2,808 | 2,990 |
| Areas surveyed but not represented by the end of the year | 13 | 39 | 90 | 74 | 13 |
| Houses in such areas | 641 | 1,291 | 2,869 | 2,183 | 421 |
| Public local inquiries | 37 | 42 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| Informal hearings | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| Orders confirmed (i) after inquiry or hearing | 42 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 17 |
| (ii) without inquiry or hearing (no objection received) | 28 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Orders not confirmed by Minister | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Confirmed order quashed on appeal to High Court | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other work in connection with the Housing Acts: | |||||
| Surveys following applications to the Council .. | 160 | 1,178 | 309 | 342 | 447 |
| Searches following applications to metropolitan borough councils | 346 | 572 | 595 | 576 | 930 |
| Surveys following application to the Council for loan | |||||
| Premises | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Units of accommodation | - | - | - | - | 311 |
| Searches following application to the Council for loan | - | - | 2,459 | ||
| Surveys following application to the Council for loan | - | -- | - | - | 229 |
'This additional work commenced during 1963 when the Council introduced a more extensive scheme for making
loans to intending house purchasers.
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