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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

Havering 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]

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3 bedroomed houses131
Bedsitters33
1 bedroomed flats149
2 bedroomed flats154
3 bedroomed flats3
2 bedroomed maisonettes20
3 bedroomed maisonettes88

Table: The sites upon which these completions were made were as follows:—

The sites upon which these completions were made were as follows:—

Heaton Avenue Phase I10 dwellings
Mardyke Phase III69 ”
Highfield Phase III27 ”
Dunedin Road48 ”
Upper Brentwood Road28 ”
Barn Hall, Wickford70 ”
South End Road103 ”
Cherry Tree Lane66 ”
Highfield Phase IV111 ”
Highfield Phase V76 ”
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The development at South End Road and known as Albyns
Close included a block of 35 pensioner villa flats where the
occupants have the services of a warden.
At the end of the year the number of properties managed
by the Council was 10,400 including pre-war and post-war
dwellings.
At the end of December the housing list consisted of 4,438
applications which included 1,122 from engaged couples.
The transfer waiting list contained 485 tenants wishing to
move from two bedroomed flats to either two or three bedroomed
dwellings with a garden.
One of the major problems concerning the Council at the
present time is the provision of suitable dwellings for persons
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