[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Warrington R.D.C.

  • Warrington (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Warrington R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION II. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF AREA. Housing. The situation as regards housing has not materially improved. The number of new houses built during the year were : — Prefabricated houses Temporary. Permanent. Local Authority . Nil Nil Other bodies and persons ... 144 Nil Traditional permanent houses. 108 28 In view of the fact that there are 835 applications for Council houses already recorded, it can be seen that the number of houses com¬ pleted and under construction represent only a small percentage of the total need. The fact that replacement of existing insanitary houses cannot be undertaken and the increasing number of sub-standard properties requiring repair work indicate that it will be some years before any satisfaction can be felt over the housing situation. The number of caravans in use as temporary homes has increased, but not as much as might be expected. Routine inspections are carried out, and, where satisfactory arrange¬ ments have been made, six monthly licences are issued to the occupiers. Comparatively little camping takes place and no sites have been licensed for this purpose. There have been no serious contraventions of sanitary requirements. Water Supply. A piped supply of water extends throughout the area, apart from a few farms and cottages. Principally, this is supplied from the Warrington Corporation. A small area of Cuerdley parish is supplied by the Liverpool Corporation. The general supply is good, both as to quantity and pressure, but in parts of Sankey, Burtonwood, Croft and Rixton-with-Glazebrook the supply and pressure are far from adequate. It was hoped that with the reduction in the numbers of Service personnel in the district the supply to the parishes in question would have improved, but this has not taken place. This difficulty must be overcome within the very near future. The water supplied is rather hard, this being particularly unfortunate with the rationing of soap still in force.