Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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(1) Estimated number of Dwellings in the Area
(a) Private Dwellings
Private dwellings 4,587
Individual units of accommodation 7,140
(b) Hackney Borough Council
Plats, (Kenworthy Road; Marsh Hill; Nisbet House; Mabley
Street; Minson Road; Church Crescent; Danesdale Road;
Penshurst Road; Victoria Park Road; Wetherell Road;
Parkside Estate; Lauriston House; Lauriston Road) 588
(C) London County Council
Ballance Road; Bartrip Street; Benn Street; Bentham Road
Estate; Cawley Road; Cowdry Street; Gascoyne Road;
Molesworth Gate Bungalows; Victoria Park Road; Wick Road;
Wyke Estate: Banbury Road: Gascoyne Estate; Templecombe
Road Estate; Shore Place Estate 1,321
Total number of units in the area 9,049
(2) Estimated number of Industrial Premises (Factories) 101
(3) Estimated number of Business Premises (Shops, Offices, Cafes,
Public Houses, etc-) 471
(4) Estimated number of Churches, Synagogues, Charitable
Institutions, Schools, etc. 36
(5) Estimated number of Government Buildings 2
(6) Estimated number of Conversions required (Dwellings) 6,723
(a) Private dwellings (assuming 80% of the estimated units of
accommodation require conversion) 5,712
(b) Hackney Borough Council (Nisbet House) 311
(c) London County Council (Gascoyne Estate; Banbury House;
Templecombe Road Estate; Shore Place Estate) „. . „ 700
(7) Estimated cost of Conversions (Based on an average sum of £12
per conversion)
£
s.
d.
(a) Owner or Occupiers contribution
23,083
0
0 (3/10ths)
(b) Exchequer's contribution
32,271
0
0 (4/10ths)
(c) Borough Council's contribution
25, 322
0
0 (3/10ths
& 6/10ths)
Total
£80,676
0
0
(8) Estimated Fuel Consumption
(a) Domestic
(i) Present Annual Consumption of Coal:- 6,300 tons
On the basis that approx, 70% of the 9,049 individual
units of accommodation consume one ton of coal per
annum, and approx, 30% use coke, electricity, gas
or oil,
(ii) Additional Solid Snokeles s Fuels Re qui red:- 5,800 tons
On the basis that approx. 10% of present coal Per annum
consumers will change to electricity, gas or oil
on making of the Order.
(b) Industrial
(i) Present Annual Consumption of Coal:- 4,500 tons
(ii) Present Annual Consumption of Coke:- 2,000 tons