[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The type of house in the district is the usual two-three bedroom terrace house built some fifty or more years ago; many are affected with subsidence. It is important to bear in mind this subsidence when considering the number of houses author- ised to be built in planned schemes. Subsidence progresses at various rates, and the occupants of affected houses in a number of cases have had to be rehoused on account of the property becoming quickly dangerous, interfering in an unforeseen way with the orderly rehousing of overcrowding. Houses are allocated on a points system, but during the working anomalies have become apparent and the scheme will have to be modified to give fairer consideration to tenants of houses, childless couples who have been married many years, and to avoid rapid accumulation of points by x-ecently married couples moving into already crowded accommodation. Inspection and Supervision of Food. The arrangements remain the same; the details of inspec- tions and sampling are given ellsewhere. The general standard of cleanliness in places where food is prepared, offered or exposed for sale and in eating places is very fair and the persons con- cerned in their management co-operate well in carrying out any improvements suggested. Conclusion. I take this opportunity of thanking the members of the Council for their support and interest in the work of the depart- ment and also of expressing my thanks to the staff and my colleagues for their continued help in the smooth and effective working of the department. Yours faithfully, G. A. FULTON, Medical Officer of Health.