[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (1) Inspection of dy'^elliniSihouses during the year;- (1) (a) Total number of dwellingliouses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 84 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 96 (2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included under sub- head (l) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925. 84 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 96 (3) Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be imfit for habitation. 6 (4) Number of dv^rellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for hirnian habitation. 35 (2) Remedy of Defects during the year without service of formal Notices Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers, 8 (3) Action under Statutory Powers during the year:- (a) Proceedings imder sections 9> 10 and 1^ of the Housing Act 1936; (1) Number of dv/ellinghouses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 29 (2) Number of dwellinghouses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices;- (a) by owners 29 (b) by Local Authority in default of owners (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts: (1) Number of dwellingho^^ses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 4 (2) Number of dwellinghouses in.which defects were remedied after service of formal notices:- (a) by owners 4 (b) by Local Authority in default of owners (c) Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act 1936: (1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made 11 (2) Number of dwellinghouses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders 9 (d) Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act 1936: (1) Number of separate tenements or imderground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made. - (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined the tenement or room having been rendered fit. (4) Housing Act 1936 - Part IV - Overcrowding. (1) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 14 (2) Number of families dwelling therein 14 (3) Number of persons dwelling therein 89 (b) Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year (c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year. (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases - 8. Dwellinghouses disinfected after cases of ordinary infectious diseases 55 do. after Phthisis - Schools disinfected after cases of ordinary infectious diseases 34 Privies converted to V/.Cs. 11 Prives converted to Pail Closets - Offensive trade inspections 4I Total number of nuisances found 9 Total number of nuisances abated 9