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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| (iii) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit | 1 |
3. Overcrowding.
Overcrowding is still considerable throughout the Borough.
The points scheme of House allocation usually covers the worst of
these cases and their overcrowded conditions are relieved as and when
houses are available.
4. Council Houses.
| Total number of houses erected post-war to 31st December, 1954 | Temporary bungalows | 179 |
| Permanent houses 485 | 689 | |
| Permanent flats 204 | ||
| Total number included in above, erected in 1954 | Permanent houses | Nil |
| Permanent flats | 17 | |
| Total number of Emergency houses up to 31st December, 1954 | 5 Comprising 32 units | |
| Total number of requisitioned premises up to December 31st., 1954 | 99 (providing 211 family units) | |
| Total number of families rehoused in 1954 | 57 | |
| Total number of families still on Waiting List at December 31st, 1954 | 1144 | |
At the present time 24 flats on the factory site Townshend
Terrace-Grena Road have been commenced.
As to the future, it is proposed to erect 8 one-bedroom flats at
Stuart Road and 4 one-bedroom flats at Chaucer Avenue, and 2 onebedroom
flats at Raleigh Road,