[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Clayton-le-Moors U.D.C.

  • Clayton-le-Moors (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Clayton-le-Moors U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (d) Slum property : These being houses which are incapable of being repaired at reasonable expense and could not be included in classes (b) or (c) and should be demolished at the earliest opportunity. Local authorities were requested to take up once more the question of slum clearance and to estimate the size of their slum problem, that they should have a programme of action for dealing with demolition and replacement, and should endeavour to put such programme into operation as soon as possible. The new Act “ Hous- ing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 ” provides the statutory powers for carrying out this policy, together with the submitting of any proposals for dealing with slum clearance property to the Minister of Housing and Local Government within the next 12 months for the Minister’s approval. Inspection and Supervision of Food Meat and other foods :—The slaughtering of all animals is undertaken outside the area, there being no private slaughterhouses in the district. The following foodstuffs were examined and condemned as unfit for human consumption :— LIST OF CONDEMNED FOODSTUFFS FOR YEAR 1954 Miscellaneous tinned Meats ... Miscellaneous tinned Fruit ... Miscellaneous tinned Fish Miscellaneous tinned Vegetables Tinned Ham (Boneless) Tinned Milk Tinned Tomatoes Beef Sausage ... Wet Fish (Cod) 2361 lbs. 149 1 3 36 1 8 Total...