[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C.

  • Belper (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Repairs. No. of Houses Informal Action. (4) Number of unfit or defective houses rendered fit during the period as a result of informal action taken by the local authority under the Public Hecdth or Housing Acts 74 Action under Statutory Pow^ers. (5) Public Health Acts. Number of houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices 7 [a) by owners 7 {b) by local authority in default of owners — (6) Housing Act, 19v36. Number of houses made fit after service of formal notices (Section 9, 10, 11 and 16) 3 {a) by owners 3 {b) by local authority in default of owners — OTHER HOUSING STATISTICS. New houses erected during the year by ;— [a) Local Authority 24 . [b] Private Enterprise 56 Number of dwellinghouses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 167 Number of dwellinghouses found not to be in all re- spects reasonatly fit for human habitation 139 Number of dwellinghouses found to be in a state so dan- gerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 28 Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made 9 Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which under- takings were accepted 7 Number of dwellinghouses demclished .. 16 Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders were made 2 HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954. In July, 1955, the total number of houses which were scheduled to be dealt with in the first five year programme of slum clearance was 153. By 31st December, 1956, some form of action had been taken in respect of 44 houses. These were all treated as Individual Unfit Houses. 23 Demolition Orders or Closing Orders were issued, an undertaking not to re-let was accepted for one house, and for the 20 remaining houses, action will be completed early in 1957. This indicated that the target of dealing with 153 in 5 years should be achieved, but will be influenced by the speed at which new houses can be provided to rehouse the di,splaced families.