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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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families from these areas was completed by the end of the year, and
altogether 56 families were found alternative accommodation. The
No. 2 Garden Road Area (16 houses) was represented to the Gouncil
in March and the Order was confirmed by the Minister in December.
Representations were made to the Council on one individual
unfit house, and one dwelling was demolished after a Demolition
Order had been made. Repairs to unfit basement accommodation
enabled the Council to determine two Closing Orders and to cancel
undertakings in respect of four other basement dwellings.
2. Council Houses.
| Total number of houses erected | ||
| post-war, 31st December, 1960 Temporary bungalows | 179 | |
| Permanent Houses | 485 | |
| Permanent Flats | 468 | |
| 953 | ||
| 1132 | ||
| Since 1956 a total of 62 prefabricated bungalows have been demolished and one taken over for use as a dental clinic by the Surrey County Council | 63 | |
| Total | 1069 | |
| Total number, included in above, erected in 1960 Permanent houses | Nil | |
| Permanent flats | 106 | |
| Housing Waiting List. | ||
| Total number of families on Waiting List at 31st Dec., 1960 | 446 | |
| Applications from Aged Persons at 31st Dec., 1960 | 179 | |
| Total number of families rehoused in 1960 | 44 | |
| Miscellaneous allocations | 6 | 50 |
| Total number of aged persons rehoused in 1960 | 37 | |
Building Schemes.
By June 1960, 64 1-bedroomed flats on the Lower Mortlake Road
site (Finucane Court) were occupied.