[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington] page 42

Orpington 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Re-Housing.

I am indebted to the Housing and Estates Manager for ihe following statistics on re-housing carried out by the Local Authority: —

Prior to 1961		During 1961	Total as at December, 1961.
(a) No. of "permanent" dwellings built by Local Authority (excluding 402 old type pre-1939 Council houses)	2,389	63	2,452
(b) No. of pre-fabricated dwellings built by Local Authority	319		314*
(c) No. of dwellings requisitioned by Local Authority	2	—	2
2. (a) No. of families occupying 1 (a) 2,452 and lodgers.
(b) No. of families occupying 1 (b) 314—5 demolished*.
(c) No. of families occupying 1 (c) 22
3. Total number of families re-housed during 1961 in (a) 63 (b) Nil). (c) 39
4. No. of families on waiting list at 31st December, 1961, in various categories : —
(a) Families in urgent need of other accommodation				134
(b) Families whose applications require early consideration				272
(c) Families whose applications are less urgent				334
				740
(d) Families with varying degrees of housing need				. 340
5. No. of families on waiting list living in overcrowded conditions: no figures are kept as to the extent of statutory overcrowding, but about 406 of the families included in 4 above are living in crowded conditions.

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Common Lodging Houses.
There is only one registered common lodging house within the
area.