[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1932

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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Houses Let in Lodgings. At the end of the year there were three on the register. Two ceased being used as houses let in lodgings and one other was registered. The occupiers of the houses, at the end of the year, were :— Register No. 1 5 8 No. of Families. 3 2 3 No. of Persons. 8 6 12 No. 1 was repaired during the year. No. 8 was reported in September as being unfit for human habitation. The owner inter¬ viewed the Public Health Committee in November and gave an undertaking to carry out extensive repairs within three months. At the end of the year the work had not been commenced. Housing. Number of inspections under Housing Consolidated Regulations, 109. 26 Notices were served under Sec. 17, Housing Act, 1930, for repairs at 20 houses. 10 houses were being repaired by the owners, the Notices in respect of the remaining 10 houses had not expired at the end of the year. The work at 16 houses in Mamble Road and 6 houses in Hemplands Road was completed early in the year, and demands made for pay¬ ment of the expenses incurred. The total cost being £1237 5s. 3d. The amount in respect of Mamble Road property was paid forth¬ with. The Town Council made an Order in respect of the Hemp- lands Road property declaring that the expenses should be repaid by weekly instalments within a period of 15 years, with interest at the rate of £5 per centum per annum. The rents of the houses are now being collected by the Town Council. I had instructions to carry out repairs at four houses in Bagley Street and four in Mount Street as the owners had failed to comply with Notices. At the end of the year the work at Bagley Street was nearing completion, this included the erection of a scullery and W.C. at each house in place of two washhouses and two W.C.’s, for the four houses. The work at Mount Street had not been commenced at the end of the year. Notices under Sec. 19 (1), Housing Act, 1930, were served upon the owners of Nos. 16, 18, 20, 19, 21, 23, 25, 37, 39, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 71, 73 and 75, Birmingham Street; Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 Griffiths Court, Birmingham Street; Nos. 185, 187, and 189, Hagley Road; No. 4 Lawrence Street; and Nos. 7, 8 and 9, Union Street; also under Sec. 20, Housing Act, 1930, on the owners of Chawn Hill House, Chawn Hill.