Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg.

  • Winnipeg (Man.). Health Department.
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    their fence on the lane. The amount of work entailed is shown in part by the following figures: : Dirty yards, courts, sheds, etc. _._ 4,198 Stagnant water on vacant lots _ 6 Other nuisances on vacant lots _ 698 Nuisances on streets and lanes ___ 4,022 8,924 Compulsory Sewer Notices—None have1 been served during the past three years. Overcrowding—A total of 197 inspections were made. While a great many premises are overcrowded in respect of the number of families, we do not find much overcrowding of rooms. Housing—Following the practice of the past eighteen years, we made a survey during the year of all premises occupied as dwellings and in December a record was made of those vacant. Some of the out¬ standing figures and features are recorded here: Dwelling Houses The total number of vacant houses is 389. Last year the total vacant dwellings was 670. There are, therefore, 281 less vacant houses than a year ago—a reduction of 41.9%. We find there are 36,171 houses, including dwellings in connection with stores. The vacancies, therefore, represent only 1.0% of the whole. Suites The total number of vacant suites in apartment blocks is 305 as against 518 last year. This is a decrease in vacant suites of 213—41% less vacancies than a year ago. . There are 648 apartment blocks, containing a total of 10,537 suites. The vacant suites, therefore, represent only 2.8% of the whole. Last year the vacancies were 4.9% and the year previous 6.4%. Of the vacant suites, 169 were in residential blocks, and 136 in mixed, business and residential blocks. The percentage of vacancies was 2.1% in the former and 5.3% in the latter. Total Vacancies Houses _ 389 Suites _ 305 694 There were 1,188 vacancies last year as against 694 this year. The total vacancies (houses and suites) are therefore 494 less than last year. New Houses There were only 63 dwelling houses added to our list this year—58 of these being new construction—but 126 were demolished. We added 3 new dwellings in connection with stores, but 18 were removed, due to demolitions and other changes. There are, therefore, 78 dwellings less than a year ago.