[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Newtown & Llanllwchaiarn U.D.C.

  • Newtown & Llanllwchaiarn (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Newtown & Llanllwchaiarn U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There was one death, a female aged 58, due to respiratory tuberculosis. Housing, Factories Act, Sanitary Inspection of the District, Meat Inspection, Water Undertaking, Sewage Disposal, Ice Cream Regulations are all dealt with under the Sanitary Inspector’s report. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT. Report of the Sanitary Inspector for the year ending December 3lst, 1950:— NEW HOUSING. The difficulty in obtaining building labour in the area interferred with the Council’s intention of commencing further building schemes during the year, hut the prospects of tlie development of two further sites for 74 houses together with 8 shops and flats in the area during 1951 are now considerably brighter. The total number of Council houses at present is 137. During 1950, lour private houses were erected* EXISTING HOUSING. Due to the concentration of labour in other directions, the shortage of houses and the high cost of repairs, little has been done to the sub standard houses in the area, and not until the many un-housed families are accommodated, can improved conditions be offered to the tenants of the old ones. It is noticable however, that during the year no application whatever has been received for an Improve- ment Grant under the Housing Act, 1949, for the re- conditioning of a house within the Urban District, which may he considered to be the obvious reluctance on the part of owners to secure modern housing standards. Temporary accommodation is still afforded to 84 families in disused Military huts in the Town on Dolfor Road. These are deteriorating rapidly, and it is essential that re housing of these families be secured as quickly as possible. In addition, six families are housed at Glandulas Hostel, Mochdre Lane.