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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
Stepney 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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OLD STEPNEY AND NEW STEPNEY — THE OCEAN ESTATE OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
Malacca, Bothnia & Tunis Houses of 8-storey London County Council flats erected in 1953, with typical old cottages of
Essian Street and Dongola Street in the foreground erected about 1880. Harford Street Gasworks in the background.
(Composite Photogicph)
1953 —Tunis House of L.C.C. flats in background.
1880 — Old cottages of Essian Street in foreground.
Pre-war flats on left (1935); post-war flats in centre (1953);
intermediate period temporary prefabricated cottage on right
foreground ('Uni-Seco' type)