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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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The following information has been supplied by the Housing Manager:—
| Prior to 1958. | During 1958. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses. | Families in occup. | Houses. | Families in occup. | ||
| 1. Permanent dwellings built by Local Authority | 1,707 | 1,707 | 148 | 1,855 | |
| 2. Prefabricated dwellings built by Local Authority | 255 | 255 | 0 | 248 | |
| (3 families occupy two bungalows each) | |||||
| 3. Premises requisitioned by Local Authority | 97 | 111 | 58 | 56 | |
| 4. Halfway Houses | 5 | 19 | 5 | 18 | |
| During 1958 there were 263 lettings as follows: | |||||
| (a) Permanent dwellings | 125 | families from waiting list. | |||
| (b) Prefabricated dwellings | 28 | families from waiting list. | |||
| 153 | |||||
The figure of 263 lettings includes 110 transfers which have
been affected from various types of Council controlled property.
During the year 17 families have been admitted to the Halfway
Houses.
5. The total number of families on the waiting list as at the 31st January, 1959:—
| Couples | 513 |
| Families requiring two bedrooms | 577 |
| Families requiring three bedrooms | 417 |
| Families requiring four or more bedrooms | 27 |
| Old Age Pensioners and single persons | 214 |
| Applicants passed for accommodation | 60 |
| Families in requisitioned premises | 51 |
| 1,859 |
During the year, 39 properties have been released from
requisition and 4 temporary bungalows on the Chalk Pit Estate
were demolished in connection with the permanent development
now taking place.
MOVEABLE DWELLINGS.
With the clearance of caravans from the Corke's Meadow site
in 1957, the total number of families using moveable dwellings
showed a large decline.
The principal problem now centres on the encampment at
Chalk Pit, Ruxley, which was first used for this purpose during the
last war, by dwellers from Corke's Meadow.