[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Swinton & Pendlebury Borough.

  • Swinton and Pendlebury (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Swinton & Pendlebury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOUSING STATISTICS No. oj 1. Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the year 1969 Houses (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,398 (b) Number of inspections, made for the purpose ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,110 (2) Dwelling-houses unfit for human habitation and not capable at reasonable expense of being rendered fit : (a) Number found during year ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 115 (b) Number (or estimated number) remaining at end of year ... ... ... ... ... 380 (3) Number of dwelling-houses found during the year to be unfit for human habitation but capable of being rendered fit ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 129 2. Clearance Areas (Housing Act, 1957) :— (1) Number of dwelling-houses demolished during year : (a) Unfit houses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 118 (b) Other houses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 (2) Number of persons displaced ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 8. Houses not included in Clearance Areas :— Number of Number of Persons (1) Houses demolished or closed during year : Housing Act, 1957— Houses displaced (i) Demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure (Section 17) ... (ii) Closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by owners under Section 17 6 4 and still in force 11 56 (iii) Parts of building closed (Sections 18 and 35) No. of (2) Repairs during the year :— Houses (a) Unfit houses made fit and houses in which defects were remedied during the period after informal action by the local authority ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 (b) Public Health Acts—action after service of formal notice— Houses in which defects were remedied— (i) By owners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 (ii) By local authority in default of owners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 (c) Housing Act, 1957—action after service of formal notice— Houses made fit— (i) By owners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... — (ii) By local authority in default of owners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... — (d) Housing Act, 1957 : Houses reconstructed, enlarged or improved and Demolition Orders revoked (Section 5) ... — 4. Rent Act, 1957—Certificates of Disrepair Number of applications for certificates Number granted Number refused Number of applications for revocation of certificates Number granted Number refused Nil 5. Overcrowding Few cases of overcrowding are discovered, and these are passed to the Housing Department for possible action, but without a Survey one cannot assume that there are no further cases. There are still a good number of people living with in-laws and some of these are applicants for Corporation houses. Judging solely by the Housing application list it would appear that there has been some further improvement. 31