[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Summarised, out of a total of 94 houses against which Closing Orders were made in 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928, there were at the time of writing this Report, 8 houses still occupied, in addition to the one case in which the Order was cancelled, 85 are closed as dwellings, 38 have been demolished, five are being used as stores and one has been converted into a lock-up shop, eight other houses have been demolished where Closing Orders had not been made, making a total of 21 houses demolished during the year in addition to the 29 demolished in 1927, making a total of 50 houses demolished during the last 2 years. The houses demolished during the year, where Closing Orders had not been made, including the 5 Almhouses in Baddow Road which had been the subject of several reports to you. Numbers 5 and 6, Threadneedle Street which were on our schedule of houses as “ unfit for habitation ” have been demolished in connection with the provision of new offices by the Essex County Council. Number 2, Meadowside, Rectory Lane, was closed by arrangement with the owmer. The yards entirely closed during recent years are :— Pannell’s Yard, Baddeley Square, Griggs Yard, Angel Yard, Hindmarsh’s Yard, Brown’s Yard. Paving of Yards, Passages, dtc. The paving of 40 yards and passages has either been repaired or relaid in cement. This makes for the comfort and health of the tenants by preventing, to a large extent, dirt and filth being carried into the houses, and is also a good investment for the property owner, tending to the preservation of his property. Water Supply. The whole of the houses in the Borough, with the exception of a few isolated houses at Galleywood, where no water mains are available, are supplied from the Corporation water main. A few years ago great attention was given to the question of the storage of water in tanks which were often objectional, and placed in situations where they could not l>e properly cleansed—sometimes within the water closet or in passages leading to or in direct communication with the water closet, and in one or two cases in situations directly over ashpits where all kinds of refuse were deposited.