[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Brampton & Walton Local Board U.D.C.

  • Brampton and Walton (England). Local Board.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Brampton & Walton Local Board U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of new houses erected during the year (a) Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 (b) With State assistance under the Housing Acts, 1919 or 1923 :— (i) By local Authority ... ... 0 (ii) By other bodies or persons... 0 1. Unfit Dwelling Houses :— (1) Total number of houses inspected for housing defects ... ... ... ... 28 (2) Number of houses inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of Dis- trict) Regulation, 1910 ... ... ... 0 (i) Number of houses unfit for habitation ... 0 (4) Number of houses found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation ... 7 2. —Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notice ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 3. Action under Statutory Powers 6 Gentlemen, The health of the District during the year 1923 has been very good. The only illness of any importance was a slight outbreak of Chicken-Pox in the Walton District during the month of October. By resolution of the Council, Chicken-Pox was notifiable during the last quarter of the year—this was considered advisable owing to the proximity of Small-Pox. No cases of Small-Pox occurred in the District during the year. Water Supply. The wTorks in progress by the Chesterfield Corporation are some wa3^ off completion. As a consequence there has been, and still will be, some disturbance of the water supply. There is an abundant supply, but at times the water becomes very turbid owing to the disturbance of the pipes and the water during the progress of the work. When the whole of the work is