[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Bromsgrove U.D.C.

  • Bromsgrove (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Bromsgrove U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR 1937. To THE CHAIRMAN and MEMBERS of the BROMSGROVE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you a report of the work done in my department during’ the year 1937, being my fifth Annual Report. Infectious Diseases. Visits to houses on account of notifiable disease ... 47 Houses di.^infected after notifiable disease ... ... 22 Housing. Houses erected : (a) By Local Authority ... ... 99 (b) By private enterprise or subsidy 235 1. (a) Total number of houses inspected for housing defects 346 (b) Number (included above) inspected and recorded un- der Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925. ... 143 (c) Number of houses found unfit for habitation ... 203 (d) Number of houses (excluding (c) ) not in all respects fit for habitation ... ... ... ... ... 143 2. Number of defective houses rendered fit after inform- al action ... ... ... ... ... ... 85 3. Housing Act, 1936-Part IV.-Overcrowding. Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 174 Number of families dwelling therein ... ... ... 193 Number of nersoiis dwelling therein ... ... ... 1243 Moveable Dwellings, Caravans, etc. Number observed ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 House Drainage, etc. No. laid or relaid ... ... ... ... ... ... 178 No. of obstructed drains dealt with ... ... ... 10 No. of house drains tested ... ... ... ... 178 No. of insanitary lavatories, sinks and urinals rectified 14 In what parishes, if anv, is th^re need for a sewerage scheme, or improvements in sewage disposal ? Catshill and Lickey. No. of privy middens in use at end of year ... ... 440 No. of earth or pail closets in use at end of year ... 815 Water Closets. No. of privy or pail conversions including additional w.c’s 7 No. of defective w.c’s remedied ... ... ... 19 No. of slop closets, converted to w.c’s with freshwater flush ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 No. of additional w.c’s put in ... ... ... ... 5