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 Walthamstow]
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No. of
Site temporary No. of new Net No. of
bungalows dwellings dwellings
Brookfield Avenue 5 18 13
Prospect Hill, Church Hill 23 82 59
Higham Hill, Oatland Rise 24 71 47
Grosvenor Park Road 18 50 32
Westbury Road 12 42 30
Gaywood Road 8 28 20
Higham Hill 4 12 8
Carlton Road 10 30 20
Farnan Avenue 7 18 11
York Road 5 15 10
Elmfield Road 3 9 6
Hale End Road 15 45 30
134 420 286
After full consideration of the matter extending into 1954, the
Council resolved:—
"That for five years or unless otherwise decided earlier
by the Council, new dwellings to be erected in the Borough
or obtained by the conversion of existing properties be of the
one-bedroom and two bedroom type not exceeding three
storeys in height and that a density figure of a maximum of
100 persons per acre be accepted as a general standard for
such property."
"That the proposals made to the Committee for the
redevelopment of temporary housing sites be approved.
"That the proposals made to the Committee for the
redevelopment of areas to be cleared of large or obsolescent
properties, such areas being lettered A to R in the list now
submitted and signed by the Chairman, be approved subject
to examination in detail by a Sub'Committee to be appointed