[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford City / County Borough.

  • Bradford (West Yorkshire, England). Metropolitan District Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford City / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Individually Unfit Houses In addition to the continued heavy volume of work in connection with clearance areas, the inspection and representation of individual houses, unfit for human habitation and incapable of being rendered fit at reason- able expense, was undertaken. This work involved the preparation of reports to Committee and, frequently, detailed specifications of the works required to be executed to the properties. The owners of the houses affected are informed of the action being taken and whenever possible interviewed by the Housing Inspector so that they are fully aware of the Local Authority’s proposals and have time to consider the matter. The following table gives the figures under this heading together with the figures for 1961 and 1962 for comparison. 1963 1062 1061 No. of houses represented to Committee as unfit 164 108 96 No. of Demolition Orders made 86 47 43 No. of Closing Orders made 63 80 32 No. of houses subject to undertakings to demolish .. 17 20 25 No. of houses subject to undertakings not to use for human habitation .. .. .. .. .. 1 5 2 No. of undertakings accepted to render houses fit — 1 — No. of undertakings to render houses fit executed 1 — 4 No. of Local Authority owned houses certified to be unfit by the Medical Officer of Health 32 34 24 No. of unfit houses demolished (formal action) 84 32 68 No. of unfit houses demolished (informal action) 8 15 26 No. of Local Authority owned unfit houses demolished 4 10 21 No. of families from houses subject to Demolition Orders: (i) rehoused by the Local Authority .. 46 27 17 (ii) removed privately 3 3 9 No. of families from houses subject to Closing Orders: (i) rehoused by the Local Authority .. 52 78 31 (ii) removed privately .. 4 4 6 No. of families rehoused from houses subject to undertakings 14 14 31 No. of families rehoused from Local Authority unfit houses .. 41 16 4 No. of Closing Orders determined 6 5 6 No. of families rehoused by the Local Authority from Clearance Areas and individually unfit houses 752 945 1,065 No. of unfit houses demolished in Clearance Areas (Compulsory Purchase Orders and Clearance Orders) and individually unfit houses of all types 712 1,355 1,416 The visiting of applicants for Corporation houses and the inspection of their effects has been transferred to the City Engineer and Surveyor’s Department.