[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourport-on-Severn U.D.C.

Stourport-on-Severn (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1939

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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourport-on-Severn U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Housing. The remaining 62 houses on the Manor Farm Housing Estate were completed by the Council and 42 houses were erected by private enterprise during the year. Forty-two houses were condemned as the result of action taken under the Housing Act, 1936. The question of overcrowding has received attention and 20 cases were abated by re-housing on the Manor Farm Estate. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Fourteen applications for the registration of premises used in connection with the manufacture or sale of ice-cream, preserved food, etc., were granted. Four applications for grant or renewal of a licence to keep premises as a slaughterhouse were dealt with. Factories Act, 1937. All the premises included under the above Act have been inspected during the year and certificates as to means of escape in case of fire granted in certain cases. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, LEWIS H. POOLE, Sanitary Inspector.