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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

Walthamstow 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: GeneralMr. C.W. Rayner, A.I.Hsg., the Council's Housing Manager has kindly contributed the following details of rehousing carried out by the Housing Department in 1961:-

General

Mr. C.W. Rayner, A.I.Hsg., the Council's Housing Manager has kindly contributed the following details of rehousing carried out by the Housing Department in 1961:-

No. of new properties made avaiable for letting177
Acquired157
Normal vacancies116
Nominations to private landlords49
New properties at Canvey45
New properties at Billericay .161
Total705

Table: Families rehoused:-

Families rehoused:-

1-bedroom group202
2-bedroom group241
3-bedroom group235
4-bedroom group27
Total705

Table: Property under management at December 1961:-

Property under management at December 1961:-

Pre-1939 houses and flats1,613
New houses and flats2, 969
Properties at Canvey Island157
Properties at Billericay308
Prefabricated bungalows102
Properties converted into flats287
Properties improved234

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II. Unfit houses closed:-
(1) Under Sections 16(4),17(1) and 35(1), Housing
Act, 1957 13
(2) Under Sections 17(3) and 26, Housing Act, 1957
(3) Parts of buildings closed under Section 18,
Housing Act 1957
III. Unfit houses made fit and houses in which defects
were remedied:-
(1) After informal action by Local Authority 324 *
(2) After formal notice under (a) Public Health Acts 134
(b) Sections 9 and 16,
Housing Act,1957 2
(3) Under Section 24. Housing Act, 1957
* including those notices outstanding from
previous years