[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.

  • Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It will be seen from the tables previously given that the rate of conversion of privies is slackening. This arises partly from the fact that comparatively few closets remain to be converted, partly from the circumstance that the remaining houses at which conversion is required are chiefly the residuum requiring the attention of the Housing Sub-Committee on account of their insanitary condition. The following is a classification of the houses represented to the Committee as unfit for human habitation, arranged according to the regulations of the Local Government Board. This classification does not represent the houses inspected, but only those reported as unfit for human habitation. It has not been possible to supply figures for the houses inspected with special reference to the Housing and Town Planning Act. The question as to the manner in which house inspections shall be made and registered has now received the attention of the Housing Sub-Committee. Table showing the results of Inspection of Houses reported to the Housing Sub-Committee as unfit for Human Habitation during the Year 1913. Number of Dwelling-houses inspected for all purposes . 77^925 „ considered by the District Inspector of Nuisances unfit for human habitation . 1,398 „ of representations made by the Sanitary Superintendent under a Local Act . 1,398 „ of Closing Orders made. 1,367 „ of Dwelling-houses the consideration of which stand adjourned . 31 „ put in a fit state for human habitation after Closing Order had been made. 181 General character of defects stated to exist:— Ventilation defective. 368 Light defective. 221 Closet accommodation defective . 1,093 External disrepair . 757 Internal disrepair.■ .. .. . 537 Drainage defective . no ^Dampness. 28 Water supply defective . 66 Dirty—always immediately cleansed. Arrangement for deposit of refuse defective . Li°4 Yards require paving .. .. 38 Passages require paving.’. 20 1 The new houses certified during the year 1912-1913 is given in the following table A. It will be noted that there is a considerable reduction as compared with the numbers for previous years. The reduction in neighbouring districts shown in Table B is even greater than in Manchester. If the natural increase in the population may be taken as a guide to the rate of growth of the population, taken in association with the growth of manufactures, it follows that the number of persons per house is increasing, and that overcrowding is probably increasing. * All insanitary houses are more or less damp, since there is no damp-proof course in the older houses