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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
Chislehurst 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Fruit pickers' huts 93
Rats 56
Smoke 1
Various 764
Total 3,831
5. Housing.
(1) Routine Inspections.
79 premises were inspected under the Housing Consolidated
Regulations, 1932. as follow:—
Address. No. of Premise*
Portland Crescent. Mottingham 1
Adelaide Road. Clhislehurst 37
Camden drove, Ohislehurst 16
Green Lane, Chislehurst 25
Total 79
1,789 visits were made to promises in connection with the
Housing Acts.
(ii) Clearance Areas.
No clearance areas have been declared during the year under
review.
(iii) Individually Unfit Houses.
No individually unfit houses have been declared during the
year.
(iv) Overcrowding.
The position with regard to overcrowding at the end of the
year under review is shown in the following Table:—