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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]

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Table: TABLE 37Accommodation for Physically Handicapped and Others Provided by Voluntary Organisations31st December, 1968

TABLE 37

Accommodation for Physically Handicapped and Others Provided by Voluntary Organisations

31st December, 1968

Aged Under 6565+TOTAL
Blind41115
Deaf1-1
Epileptic6-6
Physically Handicapped10-10
Mentally Handicapped---
Others-1414
212546

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TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES

Table: TABLE 38Homeless Families admitted to Local Authority Temporary Accommodation

TABLE 38

Homeless Families admitted to Local Authority Temporary Accommodation

196619671968
ALL LONDON BOROUGHS175418562331
HAVERING202121

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Table 38 shows that the general rise in numbers of families
in temporary accommodation throughout London was not reflected
in Havering. The cause of this may well be the considerable
amount of time allocated by social workers in advising and
assisting families to prevent homelessness. Though this reduces
the demands on the department's temporary accommodation, it
undoubtedly increases the demands made on the social work
staff, who are finding that more and more of their work now
involves accommodation problems and people having housing
difficulties.
The average length of stay of the 21 families admitted to
the Brentwood Road temporary accommodation during 1968 was
11 weeks. All but three of the families were re-housed by the
Borough Housing Department.
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