London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chislehurst 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
This page requires JavaScript
30
SECTION E.
HOUSING.
New Houses.
The year saw the near completion of the London County Council
St. Paul's Cray Estate of 1,487 houses. In addition to these there were
56 houses erected by private builders and eighteen by the Local
Authority. There were no pre-fabricated dwellings erected during the
year, nor have there been any demolition or clearance areas.
Rehousing by Local Authority.
The following information has been supplied by the Housing Manager: —
| Prior to 1950 | During 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (a) | No. of "permanent" dwellings built by Local Authority | 652 | 18 |
| (b) | No. of pre-fabricated dwellings built by Local Authority | 275 | Nil |
| (c) | No. of dwellings requisitioned by Local Authority | 261 | Nil |
| (d) | No. of emergency hutments | 46 | Nil |
| (e) | Halfway houses | 5 | 1 |
| 2 (a) | No. of families occupying la) | 652 | 18 |
| (b) | No. of families occupying 1 (b) | 275 | 275 |
| (c) | No. of families occupying 1 (c) | 416 | 410 |
| (d) | No. of families occupying 1 (d) | 41 | 44 |
| (e) | No. of families occupying 1 (e) | 24 | 26 |
| 3. Total number of families rehoused during 1950 in | (a) 34 | ||
| (a), (b) and (c) | (b) 12 | ||
| 59 | |||
4. Number of families on waiting list at June, 1950: —
Families requiring 5 bedrooms 2
Families requiring 4 bedrooms 65
Families requiring 3 bedrooms 427
Families requiring 2 bedrooms 644
Families requiring 1 bedroom 449
Old Age Pensioners 56
Applicants not yet married 35
1678
In addition to the figure of 1,678, approximately 400 new applications
are awaiting classification.
Moveable Dwellings.
Three hundred and eight inspections were made of sites at Chalk
Pit, Ruxley; Old Brickfield, Church Road, Footscray ; Twysdens
Meadow, Cray Road, Footscray ; and Corkes Meadow, Leesons Hill,
where there are accumulations of moveable dwellings.