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Bromley 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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transport factor enters into the problem, but where
space is available for building to the ideal of " one
family, one house," local authorities might well have
been invested with more definite restrictive powers. In
vulnerable areas where adequate air raid protection has
to be devised, the congregating of many families into
large blocks of buildings would appear to increase the
problem of the best protective measures to be adopted.
The encouraging of the. housing of the populace in single
house units would appear to be a policy to be adopted
so long as civil defence measures are imperative, and,
incidentally, evacuation of population would in part be
achieved.

The following table shows that 595 acres of land have been secured or reserved for public recreation within the Borough: —

Acres.Roods.Poles.Acres.Roods.Poles.
Commons and Open Spaces: Elmstead Woods61136
Keston Common55124
Hayes Common (including Pickhurst Green)213132
Hollydale610
New Street Hill1128
Southborough600
Turpington1310355330
Public Recreation Grounds: King's Meadow910
Martin's Hill12029
Oakley Road200
Queen's Mead10315
Widmore3128
Whitehall1716
Norman Park (reserved)5600110338
Public Gardens and Grounds: Church House Ground12320
Hayes (Old) Rectory Grounds2025
Husseywell Crescent2130
Library Gardens120
Queen's Garden214
The Knoll413925238
492226
Golf Course: Bromley and Bickley (subject to lease)10310