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
Bexley 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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Slum Clearance.
During I960, 63 hutments in the East Wickham Clearance
Areas were demolished and the occupants rehoused by
the Council.
| Discretionary | Standard | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of applications for improvement grants | 37 | 48 | ||||
| Number of applications approved | 11 | 34 | ||||
| Total cost of approved expense of improvements | £7,330 | 1 | 4 | £2,509 | 15 | 7 |
| Total approved costs on which grants were made in 16 cases (excluding the 11 approved cases) | £2,661 | 18 | 4 | £1,029 | 11 | 7 |
| (12 cases) | ||||||
| Total amount of grants made in those 16 cases | £3,025 | 2 | 5 | £454 | 15 | 1 |
| 12 cases) | ||||||
| Number of applications for certificates of disrepair | 9 |
| Number of decisions not to issue certificates | — |
| Number of decisions to issue certificates | 9 |
| (a) in respect of some but not all defects | 3 |
| (b) in respect of all defects | 6 |
| Number of undertakings given by landlords | 4 |
| Number of undertakings refused by the Local Authority | _ |
| Number of Certificates issued ......... | 5 |
| Applications by landlords for cancellation of certificates | 3 |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | _ |
| Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objection | _ |
| Certificates cancelled | 5 |