[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMMON LODGING HOUSES. Common Lodging Houses have ceased to exist: such estab- lishments are defined in the Public Health Act, 1897, as those in which the charge for a night’s lodging does not exceed sixpence and owing to in creased charges the premises formerly regulated by the District Committees’ bylaws have passed outwith the terms of the Statute. In Dunfermline District, common lodging houses are included within the scope of the bylaws governing houses let in lodgings : this is not altogether satisfactory as the provisions are not so wide. The proper remedy is the appropriate amendment of the Public Health Act but there appears little prospect of this in the immediate future. HOUSING OF SEASONAL WORKERS. Draft Bylaws under the provisions of Section 45 of the Hous- ing, Town Planning, etc. (Scotland), Act, 1919, have been adopted by the District Committees of Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and St Andrews and are before the Board of Health for confirmation. PLANS—BUILDING BY-LAWS. During 1920, 175 sets of plans were examined, criticised and reported upon to the District Committees concerned in respect of proposals to build, alter or convert premises. These involved proposals for the building of 393 new houses, for alterations and additions to 76 houses and in respect of 55 other premises, such as halls, workshops, shops, stables, byres, etc. Reference was made in the Annual Report for 1919 to the attitude of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland regarding the submission to District Committees for approval of plans of build- ings which the Board proposed to erect, convert or alter on small holdings. Further correspondence with the Board of Health elicited that the Board of Agriculture would in future submit to local authorities the plans in question which were to be subject to the building rules and requirements in force regarding new houses in respect of which the Government subsidy is paid.