[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City.

  • Winchester (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Overcrowding (cent °d) Dwellings Added 145 By the Corporation - Houses and Flats erected Houses converted into Flats Houses converted into Bed-Sitters 213 Against this must be set a loss of accommodation as follows Clearance Areas - Demolished or Vacated therefor Other miscellaneous Demolitions Demolition Orders Closing Orders Undertakings not to use Demolition before Order made 78 0 0 3 1 0 82 Overcrowding, due basically to the shortage of houses, is greatly accentuated y the uneven distribution of existing accommodation because of economic and social ac,ors0 In fact, a survey made in Winchester during 1936 and 1950 s showed that here would be no statutory overcrowding if the accommodation in the City was evenly distributed among its occupants0 The number of houses with occupants living in underground rooms is 950 isc-ellaneous Housing MattersQ stimating cost of repairs in connection with aintenance payments under Section 60, Housing et 1957 she doles of Defects prepared and supplied tc owners in onsequence of search under the Local Land Charges Act iformal action under Housing Act0 Schedules of Repairs applied at owners request Nop of Houses involved 22 c