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

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

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    We still have a considerable problem of too much low grade property which is peither conducive to health or happiness, and is not worthy of the time and material spent upon it because so much of the best that can be achieved can only be regarded as a temporary expedient. Hence the quicker it is dealt with the sooner can bad housing conditions in this area at least, be dismissed as a contri¬ butory factor to indifferent physical and mental unhappiness. This problem looms largest at Cornsa^^ Colliery, Burnhope, Wasker- ley and Rowley, with smaller problems in the vicinities of Lanchester Langley Park and Esh. Pursuant to a policy of steady elimination of this problem of unfit houses agreement had been reached with certain owners by Formal Undertaking, to close 35 houses either permanently or pending reconstruction of back-to-back type houses into self contained properties. The details of the Undertakings are as follows :— 4, 4J, 5, 5J, 6, 6|, Quebec Street, Langley Park—Back-to-back to be converted into self-contained property. 18 and 18|, Quebec Street, Langley Park—Back-to-back to be converted into self-contained property. 52 and 52J, Quebec Street, Langley Park—Back-to-back to be converted into self-contained property. 3 and 3J, Railway Terrace, Hamsteels—Back-to-back to be converted into self-contained property. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Liddle Street, Cornsay Colliery—To be closed and demolished. 11-12, Cowsley Cottages, Cornsay—To be closed and demolished. 1-4, College View, Cornsay Colliery—To be closed and demol¬ ished. Travellers Rest, Satley—To be closed permanently when vacated by present tenant. 3, Stoney Heap, Greencroft—To be closed permanently when vacated by present tenant.