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Barnes 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Appendix.
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Rents.
15. Particulars of prevailing rents of the various types of
working-class houses in the district:—
Type of House. Weekly Rent.
(а) Houses with living-room, scullery
and two bedrooms 6/-
(б) Living-room, scullery and three
bedrooms —
(c) Parlour, living room, scullery and
two bedrooms 6/6 to 13/-
(d) Parlour, living-room, scullery and
three bedrooms 7/- to 14'(e)
Parlour, living-room, scullery and
four bedrooms none
(/) Tenements in block buildings none
(g) Other working-class dwellings
(specifying)
Living-room, scullery and one
bedroom 10/-
Section II.—Estimate of Housing Needs.
1. Working-class houses required during the next three
years to:—
No. of Houses.
(a) Meet the unsatisfied demand for houses
(taking account of growth of population,
overcrowding, etc.) 300
(b) Re-house persons to be displaced by the
clearance of unhealthy areas nil
(c) Replace other dwellings which are unfit
for human habitation and cannot be see
made fit 22 note 1
(d) Replace obstructive or other buildings
(now inhabited and not included under
heading (c) which should be demolished nil