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Hackney 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following table published by the London County Council shows the position as at 30th September, 1936, as regards Clearance Areas declared by the Metropolitan Borough Councils under the Housing Act, 1930 :—

The following table published by the London County Council shows the position as at 30th September, 1936, as regards Clearance Areas declared by the Metropolitan Borough Councils under the Housing Act, 1930 :—

Metropolitan Borough.No. of areas declared.No. of working classNo. of rooms provided.
Houses in areas and adjoining land.Persons displaced or to be displaced.
Battersea21587370
Bermondsey512,04612,2745,551
Bethnal Green7117588317
Camberwell412751,156316
Chelsea153218—
Deptford2166425
Fulham10111715100
Greenwich8192915544
Hackney357103,5391,035
Hammersmith10139592—
Hampstead323106—
Holborn213224—
Islington191961,087358
Kensington131791,098292
Lambeth32191,640245
Lewisham17144488112
Paddington34015531
Poplar211741,112538
St. Pancras15173768212
Shoreditch76431370
Southwark143301,502720
Stepney122611,613260
Stoke Newington8106437319
Wandsworth255402,364747
Westminster6136593339
Woolwich282611,019352

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The difference in these figures results, in most cases, from the arrangements made
with the County Council by each Borough.
Some Borough Councils have undertaken to carry out more clearance than others,
since, in those latter Boroughs, it is more convenient for the County Council to do
most of the clearance.