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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
Richmond upon Thames 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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To be constructed.
| Al. | A2. | A3. | A4. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell Road, Richmond. | — | — | 12 Houses @ 7/2 per week. | — |
| Botten's Place, Richmond, | — | 12 Flats @ 6/9 per wk. | 4 Flats @ 8/4 per week. | - |
| Total (12 Houses and 16 Flats). | 12 | 16 | — |
The Contract for the building of the 12 houses in Lovell Road
has already been settled and tenders for the erection of the 16
Flats in Botten's Place have been invited.
For the first time in the history of "housing of the working
classes" the new Housing Act of 1930, though not free from
ambiguity and pit falls, opens out the way to a higher and better
standard of living by the provision of decent houses at rents which,
the poorer section of the community can afford to pay. It puts
into effect the past teachings of experience and the ideal of "every
family a home—every child a chance." The human factor has
been considered before "bricks and mortar" by the shape of
grants for the number of persons "dehoused" instead of as
hitherto on the number of houses built. It imposes the first duty
of getting actual displaced tenants re-housed under better
conditions thus giving a real chance to those families who have
been victims of circumstance.
Conditions creating New Slums.
Whilst the work of abolishing the real slum is in progress,
strong and energetic measures have been taken regarding the
slums that are being manufactured from day to day.