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East Ham 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Housing Conditions.
1.—General Observations.—Nearly the whole of the available
building land is filled up with brick-built houses of the
terrace type. East Ham is mainly a domicilary town, a
large proportion of the workers travelling to London daily
and returning in the evening. The prevailing defect is dampness.
2.—Sufficient Supply of Houses.—
(a) During the year under review the Council have erected
64 tenements and 46 houses for the working classes
upon the Charlemont Road site to meet the present
shortage.
(b) There has apparently been a slight decrease in the
population during the past few years as judged by
the number of residents per house.
(c) As the district is becoming built up there is some
difficulty in finding suitable sites for new houses.

Table: 3.— Overcrowding.—For the purpose of preparing a preliminary report under the Housing Act, 1930, a summary was made of the house-to-house inspections for the period 15th May, 1929, to 29th September, 1930, and the following facts were revealed:—

3.— Overcrowding.—For the purpose of preparing a preliminary report under the Housing Act, 1930, a summary was made of the house-to-house inspections for the period 15th May, 1929, to 29th September, 1930, and the following facts were revealed:—

Ward.No. of houses.Rooms.Persons.
Woodgrange6343,5633,030
Manor Park106625614
Kensington4592,6612,504
Little Ilford1,0774,8485,301
Plashet7154,1423,627
Castle2991,2511,161
Central4482,6062,390
Wall End8313,7924,365
Greatfield71415375
South1,4577,1136,217
Total6,09731,01629,584

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(For the calculation neither bathrooms nor sculleries were
counted.)