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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

Bromley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Table: (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit

(2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit

4. Housing Act, 1936.—Part IV. OvercrmocUng.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year ...98
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein112
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein657
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year2
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year118
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases708
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowdingNil.
(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report (See Section D—Housing)