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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
Barking 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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THE HEALTH OF BARKING
(ii) Number of applications for rehousing outstanding at
31st December, 1947 3,370
(iii) Number of dwellings provided in Barking since the war:—
By the Barking Corporation:
New permanent houses 73
Prefabricated bungalows 285
Rebuilt houses 21
St. Paul's Flats (Conversion of Civil
Defence Depot) 11
Hutments for homeless 50
Requisitioned properties 428
Rebuilt requisitioned properties 12
880
By the London County Council:
Rebuilt houses 168
Prefabricated bungalows 297
465
By Private Enterprise:
New houses 17
Rebuilt houses 5
22
(iv) Post-war housing programme of the Barking Corporation:—
Prefabricated bungalows 285 (all erected and let)
New permanent dwellings 773 (73 erected and let)
Rebuilding of properties 63 (21 erected and let)
Rebuilding of requisitioned properties 12 (all completed and
— let)
1,133
(b) Unfit Dwelling-Houses.
I. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year.
(I) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing
defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 4,342
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 10,662
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