[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Turton Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Turton (England). Local Board.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Turton Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year:— 1. (a) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects under Public Health and Housing Acts. 427 (6) Number of inspections made for this purpose. 494 2. Number of houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. 13 3. Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the pre¬ ceding sub head) found not to be in all respects fit for human habitation but capable of being rendered fit. 319 2♦ Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notice:— Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers. 128 3. Action under Statutory Power during the year:— (a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts: (4) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied after service of Formal Notice: (a) By owners. 21 (b) By local authority in default of owner. 0 (b) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957: (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which undertakings accepted. . 14 (2) Number of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of formal or informal procedure . 11 (3) Unfit houses closed . 14 (c) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957: (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made . 0 (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit. 0 4. Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958—Discretionary Improvement Grants :- (a) (1) Number of Schemes submitted: (a) By private individuals . .. 19 (b) By the local authority . 0 (2) Number of dwelling houses affected. 19 (b) (1) Number of schemes approved: (a) Of private individuals . ;, . .. .. 15 (b) Of the local authority . .. .. .. 0 (2) Number of dwelling houses affected. 15 (3) Number of additional separate dwellings provided. 0 (c) Work completed.„. 15 The Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958, Section 43, continued to be administered during the year and 4 private properties were made fit by the owners, after loans had been advanced by the Council. Under this Act, money was loaned in suitable cases for the repair, improvement alterations, acquisition, and the conversion of buildings into houses. Grants towards the cost of approved modernisation schemes for old properties were also made during the year.