Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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INDIVIDUAL UNFIT HOUSES
The following houses were represented by me during the year
as unfit for human habitation, and Demolition and Closing Orders
were made by the Council as followss-
Demolition Orders - 6l and 114 Eltham Road
88 Eltham High Street
46 Footscray Road
12 Brookhill Road
15 and 17 Purrett Road
Closing Orders - 6 and 7 Ordnance Road
80 Brookhill Road
48 Richmond Place
126, 130 and 132 Southland Road
39 Arthur Grove
8 and 12 Mabyn Road
31 Raglan Road
38 and 42 Escreet Grove
16 Old Mill Road
108 Samuel Street
Building rear of 22a Woolwich
Common
59 Jackson Street
65 Eglinton Road
On the satisfactory completion of work to make the accommodation
fit the Council determined Closing Orders in respect of
53 Footscray Road (part); 29 Waverley Road, and 73 Brookhill Road
(part).
HOUSING ACT, 1964
The above Act received the Royal Assent on the l6th July, 1964
and all parts of it are now operative.
Part I - Assistance for Housing Societies Providing
Housing Accommodation
This Part provides for the setting up of a "Housing Corporation"
to promote and assist the development and functioning of housing
societies., The Corporation is authorised to lend money to housing
societies. It may acquire land to sell or lease to them, and may
prepare land acquired by it for building. Subject to the approval
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