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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
Harrow 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Table I gives details of the 81 applications for temporary accommodation
received during the year and Table II shows details of the
causation and solutions for the individual family's problems.
| Action taken | Number of Families | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provided with temporary accommodation | 17 | ||||||
| Children taken into care by Children's Committee | — | ||||||
| Found accommodation elsewhere | 10 | ||||||
| Application withdrawn | 2 | ||||||
| Advised | 52 | ||||||
| Total | 81 | ||||||
| Details of cases referred | No. of families | No. of families accommodated (temporary) | No. of families accommodated elsewhere | Advised | Applications withdrawn | Children accommodated by Childrens Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrears of rent | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | |
| Arrears of mortgage | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Possession required by landlord | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Service Tenancy expired | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Arrears of rent | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| Possession required by landlord | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — |
| Unauthorised tenants | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
| Bankruptcy | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Domestic dissension | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | — | — |
| Service tenancy expired | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| No fixed abode | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fire | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Expiry of lease | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harassment | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| TOTALS | 81 | 17 | 10 | 52 | 2 | — |