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Walthamstow 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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D.—HOUSING
(a) Statistics
The Borough Architect, F. G. Southgate, Esq., A.R.I.B.A.,
A.M.T.P.I., has kindly contributed the following:—
Houses erected by the Local Authority during 1950:—
| Hoe Street Ward | Nil | |
| St. James Street Ward | Nil | |
| Higham Hill Ward | 80 Flats (P) | 9 Houses (P) |
| High Street Ward | 4 Houses (P) | |
| Hale End Ward | 36 Flats (P) | 134 Houses (P) |
| Wood Street Ward | Nil | |
| TOTAL | 116 Flats (P) | 147 Houses (P) |
Houses erected by Private Enterprise during 1950:—
| Hoe Street Ward | 3 Houses (R) | ||
| St. James Street Ward | Nil. | ||
| Higham Hill Ward | 12 Flats (P) | ||
| High Street Ward | 2 Flats (P) | ||
| Hale End Ward | |||
| Wood Street Ward | 1 House (P) | 29 Houses (R) | |
| TOTAL | 23 Houses (P) | 14 Flats (P) | 41 Houses (R) |
Note: (P) Post-war permanent Houses and Flats.
(R) Rebuilding war-destroyed Houses.
Houses Erected During 1950
During the calendar year 1950, 147 new houses and 116 new
flats have been erected.
41 War destroyed houses were rebuilt by private enterprise
and 37 new houses and flats were erected by private enterprise.
The new houses erected by the Corporation are of traditional
construction with a living and dining room and a kitchen on the
Ground Floor and three or four bedrooms on the first floor with a
bathroom and separate W.C. One small scheme of four houses
which have been erected is, however, of an experimental nature.
The houses are two bedroom type and of a simplified system of
construction to reduce costs.
The principal flats erected during the year are those at "Oak
Hill Court" and the Scheme comprises 12 one bedroom flats and
24 two bedroom flats, with living room, kitchen, bathroom and
W.C.
The main housing sites were those at Brookfield and Montalt
Road.