[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council.

  • Berkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by the District Council for sanction to raise a loan for the building of 6 cottages at Letcombe Regis. Sanction was granted and the cottages are now in course of erection. There are no building bye laws in force in the District and no super- vision is exercised over the erection of new buildings. So far as can be ascertained, 4 new liouses only were erected during the year* Three of these are working-class dwellings, all of which are reserved for employees of the owners. There is a deficiency of housing accommodation for the working classes in many parishes, quite irrespective of the condition of the existing houses, many of which are very old and in poor repair. 10) Windsor.—The Medical Officer of Health states that the question of sufficiency of housing accommodation for the labouring classes in this District is one which has cropped up frequently in the past year, especially in connection with the work carried out in pursuance of the requirements of the Housing, Town Planning, etc.. Act of 1909. Cottages with three fair-sized bedrooms at a rental of 5s. or under are very scarce. In the newer parts of Clewer, in Sunninghill and Sunningdale the usual rentals are about 6s. 6d. per week, while those at a lower figure are old dwellings which are not in a good state of repair. When these older dwellings are put in good order in pursuance of the requirements of the Housing, Town Planning, etc.. Act (1909) there is generally an increase in the rent of from 3d. to IS. per week, so that each year there are fewer dwellings to be had at a rental within the means of the labouring classes. No exact figures are available to show how many houses there are vacant which would be suitable for this class, nor how long such a house stands empty. From casual observation in the course o^ visits to the district it seems that there are few, if any, such vac an for more than a week or two at a time. The following statement gives the number of houses built in each parish during the past six years Clewer Without Old Windsor ... ... ... Sunningdale ... ... ... 2r Sunninghill 82