[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Thorne R.D.C.

  • Thorne (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Thorne R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (e)—Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 : 1 Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made .. .. . . . . .. nil 2 Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. nil 4. Housing Act, 1936—Part IV—Overcrowding : (a) —d Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year .. . . 722 2 Number of families dwelling therein .. .. .. .. .. 1894 3 Number of persons dwelling therein . . . . .. . . .. 7540 (b) —Number of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year .. 212 (c) —1 Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year .. .. 422 2 Number of persons concerned in such cases .. .. .. .. 1679 (id)—Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding . . . . .. . . . . .. nil Number of New Houses erected during 1948 : 1 State Aided . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . 304 (a) By the Local Authority . . .. . . .. . . . . 304 (b) By Private Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . nil Public Utility Societies, etc. 2 Without State Aid .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Water Supply : A piped water supply is provided by the Thorne and District Water Company and an estate of 207 houses in Hatfield is supplied from a private borehole, thus Parish Houses Piped Supply Standpipe Wells Thorne 3652 3341 174 137 Hatfield 2076 1825 33 218 Stainforth 1646 1581 5 60 Fishlake 154 - - 154 Sykehouse 118 — — 118 7646 6747 212 687 A scheme for the provision of a supply in Fishlake is in progress, a bore has been sunk in Sykehouse and schemes for extensions in Hatfield, Stainforth and Thome have been submitted to the Ministry of Health. The following extensions have been completed during the year and the percentage of houses with a piped supply is 88-2. Thorne : King Edward Crescent, 3 inch main, 194 lineal years. Winning Post Hotel to Moss Terrace, 6 inch and 4inch main, 546 lineal yards. Stainforth : East and West Bank, 3 inch main, 534 lineal yards.