London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 13 shows that conversion possibilities depend mainly on private initiative, and in
particular on the willingness (and financial ability) of owner-occupiers to undertake the work.
As with improvements the numbers of dwellings and the total cost are under-estimated
probably by rather more than 10%.
CAR PARKING
The parking facilities at over 74,500 dwellings are analysed in the next table.
| AREA | NO SPACES | DWELLING WITH: | ALL DWELLING | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPACES WITHIN CURTILAGE | SPACES ELSE- WHERE | |||||||
| % | NO. | % | NO. | % | NO. | % | NO. | |
| Chingford | 41 | (6,000) | 56 | (8,000) | 3 | (450) | 100 | (14,450) |
| N. W'stow | 79 | (13,100) | 16 | (2,687) | 5 | (750) | 100 | (16,537) |
| S. W'stow | 86 | (14,888) | 10 | (1,725) | 4 | (637) | 100 | (17,250) |
| Leyton | 86 | (22,787) | 8 | (2,125) | 6 | (1,438) | 100 | (26,350) |
| Total | 76 | (56,775) | 20 | (14,537) | 4 | (3,275) | 100 | (74,587) |
The relatively poor position in the southern half of the borough where only about 15% of
dwellings have parking space available (of which only about two thirds are within the curtilage),
is clearly seen, but even in Chingford one-third of the dwellings have no parking spaces.
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
Contributed by G.H.Baker, Borough Children's Officer
The year 1st April, 1967 to 31st March, 1968, has been one of consolidation in the
Children's Department. We are now three years old and are becoming much more aware, through our
experiences of the demands on our department from the borough, of the measures that will have to
be taken in the future to meet what appears to be the increasing needs of the population. Child
care is again in a transitional period and, through promised legislation, Children's Departments
are going to have to extend their services to the public, especially with regard to delinquents and
the prevention of delinquency amongst youngsters. Therefore, a period in which we have an
opportunity of looking at our work objectively is very helpful before we re-organise and expand
during the next few years.
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