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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| (c) | Number of persons accommodated in permanent houses during 1948 | 1,326 |
| 2. (a) | Number of pre-fabricated dwellings occupied during 1948 | 28* |
| (b) | Total number of occupied pre-fabricated houses at 31.12.48 | 325 |
| (c) | Number of families "permanently" housed in prefabricated dwellings during 1948 | 28* |
| (d) | Number of persons ditto | 37* |
| (e) | Total number of families "permanently" housed in pre-fabricated dwellings as at 31.12.48 | 325 |
| (f) | Total number of persons ditto | 1,075 |
| 3. (a) | Number of premises requisitioned during 1948 | 8 |
| (b) | Number of premises de-requisitioned during 1948 | 22 |
| (c) | Total number of premises requisitioned as at 31.12.48 | 398 |
| (d) | Number of families accommodated in requisitioned premises during 1948 | 331 |
| (e) | Number of persons accommodated in requisitioned premises during 1948 | 1,123 |
| (f) | Total number of families accommodated in requisitioned premises as at 31.12.48 | 868 |
| (g) | Total number of persons accommodated in requisitioned premises as at 31.12.48 | 3,118 |
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4. Number of families on waiting list as at 31.12.48: —
(a) Medical 6
(b) Category I 83
(c) Category II 37
(d) Category IIIA and IIIB 2,779
(e) Category IIIC 1,802
(f) Category IV 885
Total 5,592
The above figures give same indication of the very considerable
efforts made in the endeavour to remedy the unsatisfactory
conditions under which so many families in the Borough are
living, but it will be many years before this distressing problem
is satisfactorily overcome.
In addition to the above, 36 new houses erected by private
enterprise were occupied during the year.