[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Melton & Belvoir R.D.C.

  • Melton and Belvoir (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Melton & Belvoir R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year 1. ( a) Total number of housing defects Ac ts) ... dwelling houses inspected for (under Public Health or Housing (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 2. (a) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head 1. above) which were inspected and recorded under Housing Consolidated Regulations 1925 and 1932 .. (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 3. Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation . 4. Number of dwelling houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation ... ... ... ... ... 784 902 694 694 1 76 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 Housing Act, 1936 - Part IV - Overcrowding 1. (a) Number of dwelling houses overcrowded at the end of the year ... ... ... ... (b) Number of families dwelling therein ... (c) Number of persons dwelling therein ... 2. 3. 4. Number of cases of overcrowding reported during the year . ... ... ... Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year ... ... ... ... ... ... Number of persons concerned in such cases 18 160 192 673 36 27 131 Provision of New Houses during the Year 45 new houses were completed and occupied at the end of 1950. There were about 500 applicants on the Council's Housing List, new applications are being received daily. It is therefore obvious that this is one of the most serious problems which confronts the Council. -7-