[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Stretford Borough.

  • Stretford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Stretford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Sufficiency of Supply of Houses (a) Extent of shortage, stating minimum number and type of houses required: 1,583 applicants on register. Houses required: 655 1-bedroom type. 697 2-bedroom type. 189 3-bedroom type. 40 4-bedroom type. 2 5-bedroom type. (b) Particulars of any housing scheme in hand or con¬ templated: 40 flats in course of construction. 42 houses and 22 flats and 263 dwellings in an adjoining district planned for 1956. (c) Any special difficulties in the way of providing suitable sites for new houses: Available sites in the Borough almost completely exhausted. The Council are now building in an adjoining district. (3) Overcrowding The principal cause of overcrowding is the sub-letting of rooms in larger old houses and frequent changes of tenancy. Increasing use is being made of the powers under Section 11 and 12 of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954. Many of the families are on the Council’s waiting list for housing accommodation. (4) Fitness of Houses (a) Difficulties found in action under the Public Health Acts or under the Housing Acts: None. (b) Number of houses which have not an adequate water supply: None. (c) Number of houses which have no separate water closet or other adequate sanitary accommodation: None—Some families (in large houses intensively occupied) share closet accommodation.