[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Droitwich Borough.

  • Droitwich (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Droitwich Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SmmM INSPECTOR’S REPORT of cne Sanitarj?- ’Vork completed in the year ended ''31st December, 1940» Infectious Diseases. etc» Visits to houses on account of notifiable disease 50 Houses disinfected after notifiable disease 10 Other houses disinfected 9 Housing. Houses erected: fa) By Local Authority 34 (b) By private enterprise or subsidy 2 1. fa) Total number of houses inspected for housing defects 310 (b) Number (included above) inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925 31 fc) Number of houses found unfit for habitation None (d) Number of houses (excluding c.) not in all respects fit for habitation 67 2« Number of defective houses rendered fit after informal action. 3. Housing Act, 1936, Sections 9, 10 and 16. (a) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served reouiring repairs or defects remediedo (b) Number of dwellings subsequently rendered fit after notice by: fa.) The Owner (b) Local Authority in default of ovmer 4, Public Health Acts. (a) Number of dvjellings in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs or defects remedied. (b) Number of dwellings subsequently rendered fit after notice by; fa) The Oner (b) Local Authority in default of owner 5. Housing Act. 1936, Sections 11 and 13. (a) Number of houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made (b) Number of houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders. 6. Housing Act. 1936, Section 12. (a) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders v/ere made (b) Number of Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit Housing Act. 1936 - Part IV - Overcrowding. (a) Number of dv/ellings overcrowded at the end of the year Number of families dwelling therein Number of persons dwelling therein (b) Number of new cases of overcrov/ding reported (c) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year Number of persons concerned in such cases 67 None None None None. None None None None None None 26 ■30. 169i_