[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hoylake and West Kirby Urban District. Proceedings under Public Health Acts. Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied—71. Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied (a) by owners—66. (b) by Local Authority in default of owners—Nil. No proceedings were taken under Sections 17 and 18 ot the Housing, Town Planning, Ac., Act, 1909. KNUTSFORD Urban District. Statistics.—Estimated population, 1921, .5,390. Number of inhabited houses, 1,245. Number of working-class houses, 760. Birth-rate per 1,000 living, 18.6. Death-rate per 1,000 living, 12.0. Deaths under one vear in proportion to 1,000 births, 79. Housing.—Number of new houses erected during the year, 2, Inspection. (1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)—123. (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910—Nil. (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation—5. (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation—12. (5) Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their Officers—12.