[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ross & Whitchurch R.D.C.

  • Ross and Whitchurch (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ross & Whitchurch R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION D. HOUSING:- This year can be regarded as a year of Very satisfactory progress because of the number of new dwellings completed* The erection of new dwellings is the solution of mobt boas ■. ig problems. The number of Council houses completed and occupied was 42, and the distribution of these swellings according to parish is given in the following table, which also shows the number completed by private enter¬ prise : - Dwellings Completed and Occupied during the Year. Parish Council Houses. Other Dwellings• Total Dwellings. Brampton Abbott3 4 4 Bridstow — 1 1 Brockhampton — 1 1 G-arway 4 - 4 Hentland 8 8 ’Lea — 2 2 iLlangarron 6 - 6 illarstow 8 2 10 iUpton Bishop 4 — 4 Walford 4 2 6 Weston i L . . 4 — 4 j » Rural District 42 8 5P It wall be seen theit 50 now dwellings were completed and occupied and thut those were fairly evenly distributed over the District. The number of dwellings provided by the Council was increased to 74 - distributed according to parish as shown bclowi Brampton Abbotts G-arway Huntland Lea Linton Llangarron Morstow Peterstow Ross Rural Upton ^ishop Wr.lford Welsh Newton L'cs ton t t • « • » • • • ♦ t « • « • • * • • • • • • « • » 6 6 8 4 6 12 8 3 2 4 10 1 4 Rural District ... ... ..* ... 74 As there were 3>375 occupied dwellings in the area at the end of the year, the proportion of those owned by the Council is just over 2?o In addition to the new dwellings completed during the year, the Council had a further 20 dwellings in course of erection, and there were 19 dwellings being constructed by private owners. The distribution of dwellings under construction on 31*12.47 according to parish is shown in the following table.*