Taken from a set of pictures showing slum housing in post war Britain

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Taken from a set of pictures showing slum housing in post war Britain

Taken from a set of pictures showing slum housing in post war Britain. These pictures were taken to highlight the plight of many families in Britain who even into the sixties were forced by economic factors to live in slum dwellings. In London much of the slum housing was destroyed in the Blitz. However, other British cities particularly in the North and Midlands had large scale housing problems. After the WW2 much of the rebuilding concentrated on the South East as it had been hit hardest by the Luftwaffe. However, these cities with existing and pressing housing problems were to an extent left alone. As a result local councils couldn t afford to clear away neglected and cramped properties. Slum housing was often poorly heated and ventilated, structurally unsound, very cramped (a condition worsened by the fact that they were often inhabited by large families) and often isolated from services and amenities.
Circa 1960

England

Media ID 21397244

© Mirrorpix

1960 Domestic Life Health Slums The Blitz

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