[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Kent County Council.

  • Kent (England). County Council. n 50045898.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Kent County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Northfleet.—(1) Slight decrease, but an increase is expected after the war. (2) (a) 2,404, (b) 442. (3) (a) 14, (b) 65. (4) (a) 6, (b) Nil. (5) Nil. There is a present shortage of about 100 houses. A scheme for 147 houses was prepared just before the war, but the Board refused their sanction to a loan (17/1/16). The council is anxious to carry out this scheme pro¬ vided a loan will be approved and can be obtained at low interest. Private enterprise had almost ceased to provide working-class houses for several years before the war. Queenborough.—No return submitted. The council has decided to put forward a scheme for the erection of 150 houses on a selected site. Rochester.—(1) Increase, permanency depending upon post-war conditions. (2) (a) 5,092, (b) 804. (3) (a) 1, (b) 42. (4) (a) 114, (5) Nil. 300 houses are required now and an additional two hundred will be needed after the war. A scheme is in course of preparation for sixty-five houses. Private enterprise is not expected to provide houses for some time after the war. It is estimated that there are at least 500 persons living in the district under conditions of bad housing. Sevenoaks Urban.—No return submitted. Sanction has been applied for to build 150 cottages, but the Local Government Board have up to the present approved only sixty. The Board have been asked to reconsider their decision and grant at least one hundred. Sittingbourne.-—No return submitted. The council has resolved to formulate a scheme for the provision of fifty houses, subject to the Treasury increasing their grant. (See page 74, para 2.) Tonbridge.—{ 1) + 500. Strictly temporary. (2) (a) 2,230, (b) 544. (3) (a) 3, (b) 21. (4) (a) 11, (b) 4. (5) Nil. Twenty houses are required now and about fifty after the war. The council is willing to prepare a scheme to build these seventy houses, provided adequate Government assistance is forthcoming Private enterprise will not provide one-fourth of the needed accommodation. Wrotham.—(2) (a) 643, (b) 113. (3) (a) 31. (4) (a) 6, (b) Nil. (5) Nil. It is estimated that twenty houses will be required after the war. The council will be willing to consider a scheme to build these if necessary. Proposals for erecting houses by the Public Utility Society are likely to mature immediately after the war.