[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDICES. HOUSING CONDITIONS. STATISTICS. Year ending 31st December, 1920. 1.—GENERAL. (I) Estimated population - 7757 (2) General death rate ... 9'02 (3) Death rate from tuberculosis ... 064 (4) Infantile mortality ... I'53 (5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes ... 2000 (6) Number of working-class dwelling-houses ... 1350 (7) Number of new working-class dwelling-houses erected 14 2.—UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES. I.—Inspection. (1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) ... ... ... 376 (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 ... 160 (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation ... 71 (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation ... ... ... 118 II. —Remedy of Defects without Service of formal Notices. Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ... ... 116 III. —Action under Statutory Powers. A. Proceedings under section 28 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act, 1919. (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs ... ... — (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit— (a) by owners ... ... ... — (h) by Local Authority in default of owners ... — (3) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations by owners of intention to close ... ... ... — B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts. (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied ... ... I18 (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied-— {a) by owners ... ... ... II8 {b) by Local Authority in default of owners ... —