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Barking 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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HOUSING
PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
YEAR 1954
January 1954. Waiting List 3,838
December 1954. Waiting List 3,640
NEW ACCOMMODATION:
Borough of Barking
Thames View Estate 113 dwellings
London Road/Bennington Avenue Estate 67 ,,
180
NEW DWELLINGS COMPLETED SINCE END OF 1939-1945
WAR
Barking Council 1,072
Private Owners (including L.C.C.) 114
1,186
WAR DESTROYED
(Rebuilt)
Barking Council 63
Private Owners (including L.C.C.) 323 386
TEMPORARY BUNGALOWS
Barking Council 285
London County Council 297 582
Total 2,154
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