[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SHOPS ACT. 1934. Thei’e is no special action to I’eport under the provisions of the above Act. PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949. The above Act came into force during the year, placing upon, District Councils the responsibility for taking all necessary steps to secure that the district is kept free from rats and mice, to carry out inspections, to destroy rats and mice on local authority premises and to enforce the act provisions upon other owners and occupiers. The work of destruction on the Council’s tip and sewage dis- posal works, foi-merly carried out by the County Agricultural Executive Coanmittee under contract, is now done by direct labour. The town’s sewers were dealt with twice during the year. Housing. Acute housing shortage continues. Forty houses, the building of which was commened in 1949, were completed on the Slatefell estate during 1950, and a further forty commenced. Four houses were built by private enterpn'ise. At the present time there are a-pproximateliy 270 applicants on the Council’s housing list, representing seven yeaiV' construction on the present annual allocation. Tenants were re-housed from several of the clearance areas and steps were taken to ensure that the premises were not re- occupied. A report was presented to the Council suggesting demolition of the areas so cleared. In other cases, tenants of clearance areas declined to consider alternative accommodation on the Council’s new estates, on the ground that present-day rents were beyond their means. The Council now control the letting of some 400 houses, excluding requisitioned properties. Housing Appendix. STATISTICS. Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the year :— (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (uider Public Health or Housing Acts .. 190 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose .. 213 No action under Statutory Powers (including Overcrowding) was taken during the year. Owing to shortage of labour and matehals, high costs, and various restrictions, the porition rcg.arding house repair work remains difficult, as before.