[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Occupiers rehoused by the Corporation— 6 Melville Lane (formerly 3 Warren Hill Cottages) 96 Fore Street, Barton. Glendower, Falkland Road (basement flat). 179a Union Street (Magdalene Road entrance). Closed to prevent occupation— 246 Union Street (ground floor flat). 15 and 15a East Street, Torre. 20 Warren Road (annexe). Action to close a further three properties was pending at the end of the year. A cottage owned by an elderly spinster became vacant, and action was taken to prevent its reoccupation by a family with children ; the owner is now in an old people’s home, and the cottage is used as a store. In connexion with the new Cooinbe Pafford Housing Estate, three cottages and twelve other buildings have been demolished. Overcrowding. It still is impossible to give an accurate picture of over¬ crowding, for this is a problem the solution of which can only come by slow degrees : but with the progress in rehousing there must be a gradual reduction of many cases. All the urgent known cases are dealt with, and of those remaining unabated the majority are not so seriously overcrowded—usually only by 1 or \ unit. Cases overcrowded at end of year ... ... ... 16 Cases voluntarily abated during the year ... ... 5 Cases rehoused by the Corporation during the year ... 9 New cases discovered during the year ... ... 21 Number of visits to new cases and reviews ... 65