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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
Waltham Forest 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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Table 4 - Condition of Dwellings by Ownership
| CONDl TION | OWNER-OCCUPIER | COUNCIL. | PRIVATE | ALU OWNERSHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. As percentage of condition category | ||||
| Good | 52.4% | 27.9% | 19.7% | 100.0% |
| Fair | 49.8% | 4.0% | 46.2% | 100.0% |
| Poor | 25.7% | 3.6% | 70.7% | 100.0% |
| Unfit | 18.9% | 5.4% | 75.7% | 100.0% |
| B. As percentage of ownership category | ||||
| Good | 67.6% | 92.9% | 41.7% | |
| Fair | 29.9% | 5.9% | 45.6% | |
| Poor | 1.8% | 0.7% | 7.9% | |
| Unfit | 0.7% | 0.5% | 4.8% | |
| All Conditions | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
*Including G.L.C. owned dwellings
This table shows that the bulk of unfit houses belong to private landlords, as do most of
the properties classed as in poor structural condition. More than 1 in 10 in private tenanted
dwellings were either unfit or poor.
AGE OF DWELLINGS
The age of the dwellings is given in the following table:-
Table 5
| AREA | DATE OF CONSTRUCTION | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-1875 | 1875-1919 | 1920-1939 | POST-1939 | ALL AGES | ||||||
| % | NO. | % | NO. | % | NO. | % | NO. | % | NO. | |
| Chingford | 1 | (100) | 10 | (1,475) | 67 | (9,900) | 22 | (3,200) | 100 | (14,675) |
| N. W'stow | - | - | 49 | (8,425) | 38 | (6,525) | 13 | (2,300) | 100 | (17,250) |
| S. W'stow | 1 | (237) | 76 | (13,775) | 10 | (1,750) | 13 | (2,375) | 100 | (18,137) |
| Leyton | 12 | (3,350) | 67 | (18,650) | 11 | (3,050) | 10 | (2,925) | 100 | (27,975) |
| Total | 5 | (3,687) | 54 | (42,325) | 27 | (21,225) | 14 | (10,800) | 100 | (78,037) |
Compared with 1961 there has been a drop of about 1,000 pre-1875 dwellings, and 2,000
1875-1919 dwellings, while post-war dwellings have risen by over 2,000. However, the general
under-estimate of the 1967 figures makes comparison hazardous.
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