[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Halesowen Borough.

  • Halesowen (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Halesowen Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by broad irrigation. The proportion of sewage treated at the disposal works is approximately one fifth, the remainder being treated at the irrigation farm. SECTION D. HOUSING Details on the inspection of houses ore given later in the report. In 1956 the number of houses built was 308 ( 77 by the local authority, 221 privately and 10 by Worcestershire County Council )• Before the war 1,81(1] houses were built by the Halesowen Council and since then up to 1958, 1,385 permanent and 86 temporary houses have been built by the Council. Four families were rehoused during 1956 on the grounds of tuberculosis, in the interest of the patient, and the hope that extra accommodation would lessen the risk of infection.
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