London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The Health of Barking
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| By the Barking Corporation: | ||
| New permanent houses | 260 | |
| Prefabricated bungalows | 285 | |
| Rebuilt houses | 57 | |
| St. Paul's Flats (Conversion of Civil Defence Depot) | 11 | |
| Thames Road Hutments | 54 | |
| Hutments for homeless | 50 | |
| Hutted Camps | 113 | |
| Requisitioned properties | 455 | |
| Rebuilt requisitioned properties | 5 | |
| Total | 1,290 | |
| By the London County Council: | ||
| Rebuilt houses | 173 | |
| Prefabricated bungalows | 337 | |
| Total | 510 | |
| By Private Enterprise: | ||
| New houses | 23 | |
| Rebuilt houses | 90 | |
| 113 | ||
| (iv) Post-war housing programme of the Barking Corporation:— | ||
| Prefabricated bungalows | 285(all erected and let) | |
| New permanent dwellings | 777(260 erected and let) | |
| Rebuilding of properties | 63(57 erected and let) | |
| Rebuilding of requisitioned properties | 5(all completed and let) | |
| Total | 1,130 | |
| (b) Unfit Dwelling-Houses. | ||
| 1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year. | ||
| (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3,226 | |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 8,595 | |
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