[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Similar controls and investigations were carried out in dealing with consignments of Chinese hen egg albumen which are now all heat processed locally before being released for use. Housing. The total number of permanent local authority houses completed during the year was 5,579. The Corporation now own 110,184 houses, over one-third of all the dwellings in the city. The rehousing of tuberculous families continued, with 571 families being recommended and 495 rehoused, leaving 360 still to be dealt with at the end of the year. The Rent Act, 1957, led to an increase in the number of applications for certificates of disrepair following on the serving of notices of increase. The number of houses represented as unfit was 1,716, to which should be added 295 houses included in the Royston Road Clearance Area. Continued progress is now being made in wiping out the slums which have for so long been a reflection on the city. The supervision of tenants in housing schemes has been continued and extended at the request of the Property Management Committee. Prior to 1957 it was customary for the housing nurses to visit regularly houses in rehousing schemes and also occasionally in intermediate ” and “ ordinary ” schemes. In 1956 it was decided that an extension of house visiting should take place to all houses in new schemes as they are occupied, and repeat visits to tenants in residence who were having difficulties. It was also felt that assistance might be given to families who are overcrowded and have long standing applications where diffi- culty had been found in securing their rehousing. These extensions were initiated in 1956, and during the first nine months—October 19.56 to May 1957 (inch) 16,761 visits were paid. Once again reference must be made to the design of multi-storey developments being adopted in the city. Rehousing to a large extent is a matter of finance, but it is poor economy to omit windows from bathrooms and to build houses without through ventilation in order to save a few pounds in money and a few square yards of ground. Disinfestation Unit. livery now and then bed bugs occur in new houses. Most of these infestations may be traced to second-hand furniture bought after the