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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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SECTION D. —HOUSING.
1. Unfit Houses.
Further progress was made during the year on areas of unfit properties,
and fifty houses in Orchard Cottages, Orchard Road and
Garden Road were demolished following the rehousing of the tenants.
In May 1961, the Council considered a report on the unfitness of
Nos. 4—10 (consecutively) Wellington Place, which was declared a
Clearance Area to be compulsorily acquired by the Council. The
confirmation of the Order by the Minister was awaited at the end of
the year.
During the year Closing Orders were made in respect of two
individual dwelling houses (310 Kew Road and 2 Clarence Street)
and in respect of one basement dwelling (43 Hill Rise); one other
basement dwelling (6 Greville Road) was voluntarily closed by the
Council. Repairs to one unfit basement enabled the Council to determine
a Closing Order made in 1937 (31 Grosvenor Road).
2.
| Total number of houses erected post-war, 31st December, 1961 Temporary bungalows | 179 | |
| Permanent Houses | 485 | |
| Permanent Flats | 468 | |
| 953 | ||
| 1132 | ||
| Since 1956 a total of 68 prefabricated bungalows have been demolished and one taken over for use as a dental clinic by the Surrey County Council | 69 | |
| Total | 1063 | |
Housing Waiting List.
Total number of families on Waiting List as at 31st
Dec., 1961 508
Applications from Aged Persons as at 31st Dec., 1961 245
Total number of families rehoused in 1961 24
Miscellaneous allocations 6
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