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 Wimbledon]
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The following table shows the position in Wimbledon at the end of 1951 with regard to overcrowding.
(a) (i) Number of dwellings known to the Department to be overcrowded at the end of the year | 64 |
(ii) Number of families dwelling therein | 75 |
(iii) Number of persons dwelling therein | 291 |
(b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year | 33 |
(c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding known to have been relieved during the year | 15 |
(ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases | 74 |
(d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding | - |
I am indebted to the Housing Manager for the following information regarding rehousing in Wimbledon:— | |
No. of houses requisitioned since the beginning of the war, and still held under requisition at the end of 1951 | 478 |
No. of prefabricated bungalows provided since the end of the war | 71 |
No. of families rehoused by the Council, or by private owners at the Council's instigation, since the beginning of the war | 1,720 |
No. of live applications on the housing waiting-list | 3,425 |
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for the following information:— | |
No. of new houses erected in Wimbledon during 1951:— | |
Private enterprise | 7 |
Local Authority | Nil |
No. of new flats created by conversion during 1951:— | |
Private enterprise | 41 |
Local Authority | 8 |