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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
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Section D. HOUSING.
The following particulars relate to the houses built
by the Council on the various Estates.
Welling—
Welling Estate 428 houses
East Wickham—
Glenmore Road 24 houses
Bexleyheath—
Highland Road Estate 88 houses
Pickford Road Estate 216 houses
Pickford Road Estate 50 bungalows
Bexley—
Hartford Road Estate 18 houses
Victoria Road Estate 36 houses
Total 860
Statistics for 1937.
Total number of new houses
erected during the year 1373
1. Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the year.
(1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses
spected for housing defects (under
Public Health or Housing Acts) 484
(b) Number of inspections made for the
purpose 1570
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses
cluded under sub-head (1) above)
which were inspected and recorded
under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1925 396
(b) Number of inspections made for the
purpose 1157
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to
be in a state so dangerous or injurious
to health as to be unfit for
human habitation 294
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