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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

Battersea 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]

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and many deputations, the Ministry of Health have informed the
Council that they cannot approve of these rents. The matter has,
therefore, been referred to the Tribunal whose decision has not
yet been promulgated.*
Savona Street.
The four tenements in course of erection at Savona Street,
referred to in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for 1921, were completed in September, 1922.
These tenements, which are practically identical in plan and
construction with those erected on the Latchmere Estate Extension,
cost £2,695 to build (£505 below estimate). Of this sum, £1,700 will
rank for subsidy, and the remainder will be borne out of General
Rate.
The Ministry have approved an exclusive rental of 9s. 3d. per
week for these tenements, which are now occupied. .

Table: Selection of Tenants .—The selection of tenants for the new tenements on the Latchmere Estate Extension and Savona Street, was delegated to a sub-committee of the Housing Committee. 1,922 applications for accommodation on the Council's Housing Estates were considered from persons resident in the Borough, which may be summarised as follows:—

Selection of Tenants .—The selection of tenants for the new tenements on the Latchmere Estate Extension and Savona Street, was delegated to a sub-committee of the Housing Committee. 1,922 applications for accommodation on the Council's Housing Estates were considered from persons resident in the Borough, which may be summarised as follows:—

About to be married31
Two in family221
Three „390
Four „315
Five „140
Six „68
Seven „17
Eight „14
Nine „9
Ten „2
Information not given (applicants suited, &c.)715
1,922

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The four-roomed tenements were allocated to families of not
less than five in number and the 3-roomed tenements to families of
not less than 4 in number.
A preliminary examination of the applications shewed that
153 families were living in one room—in some cases as many as
6 in family.
*The decision of the Rents Tribunal was given early in 1923,
fixing the exclusive rentals for the three-roomed and the fourroomed
tenements at 10s. and 11s. 6d. respectively.