[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOUSING STATISTICS Number of new houses erected during the year : Flats Houses (i) By the local authority . 24 45 (ii) By other local authorities . — 3 (iii) By other bodies or persons. 4 675 1. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year : (1) (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected formally or informally for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) .... 557 (b) Number of inspections, formal or informal, made for the purpose . 1280 (2) Dwelling houses unfit for human habitation and not capable at reasonable expense of being rendered fit : (a) Number found during the year . 8 (b) Number (or estimated number) at end of year . 38 (3) Number of dwelhng houses found during the year to be not in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation, but capable of being ren¬ dered fit . 10 2. Clearance Areas (Housing Act, 1957) (1) Number of dwelling houses demolished during year : (a) Unfit houses. — (b) Other houses. — (2) Number of persons displaced . — 3. Houses not included in Clearance Areas : Number of Houses Persons Displaced (1) Houses demolished or closed during year. (a) Housing Act, 1957 :— (i) Demolished as a result of formal or in¬ formal procedure (Section 17(1)). 1 11 (ii) Closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by owners under Section 17(1) and still in force . 1 9 (iii) Parts of building closed (Section 18) —