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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 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: SECTION D. — HOUSING.

SECTION D. — HOUSING.

1939194019411942194319441945
The following particulars relate to the houses built by the Council on the various Estates and still occupiable :— Welling—Welling Estate428428408408408408408
East Wickham—Glenmore Road92116114114114114114
Bexleyheath—Highland Road Estate8888305305305305305
Pickford Road Estate, including Bungalows266266
Bexley—Hartford Road Estate18185353535353
Victoria Road Estate3636
Total928952880880880880880
Total number of new houses erected during the year1002113Nil55Nil2
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)209216107260196127253
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose1568671504941748537659
(2) (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under subhead (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925 to 193282——123144
(b) Number of inspections made for the purpose622——3461514
(3) Number of dwelling houses to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation1——11——1
(4) Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding subhead) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation20815410718815491158