[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wiyimnton.—Shortage is re{)orte(l at North Cheriton and Milhorne Port where building scliemes are under consideration, Castle Cary where liousing scheme has been adopted, at l^ruton where housing sclienie is under consideration, and at Pitcombe where the Somerset and Dorset eJoint Railway Company have been applied to to provide cottages for their employees. Yeovil.—Shortage at Chilton Cantelo, Mudford, and Marston Magna. Tlie question of the accommodation required for rural labourers is one frequently discussed. As regards bedroom accommodation it is evident that both two and three- bedroom cottages are needed but my own enquiries have satisfied me that there are (piite sufficient existing two-room bedrooms and the great need is for more three-bedroom cottages. To further test this point I have made inquiries of different Medical Officers of Health and Sanitary Inspectors who have been kind enough to furnish me with particulars. In other cases I have tabulated the information for myself. The figures from the different districts are not in every case comparable as regards the houses with four or more bedrooms as these have obviously been included in some cases but not in others. The results are shown in the following table. TABLE XXV. Houses gkouted accokuing to number or bedrooms. Rural District. Bedrooms. Number of Houses. 1 2 3 4 More than 4. batli 16 bSO 83 8 3 290 Bridgwater 16 359 226 54 6 661 Chard 20 237 101 46 21 425 Keynsham 18 206 111 16 1 352 liOng Ashton ... 12 194 192 43 6 447 Shcpton Mallet 12 155 189 61 12 429 Taunton 27 685 751 258 283 2,004 • Wells 97 794 677 368 350 2,286 Williton 36 427 378 116 59 1,016 I ofcnls ... ... 254 3,237 2,708 970 741 7,910 I’l'i-centagii 3-2 40-9 34*2 12-3 — This table shows the l^ocal Authority Officers bedroom conditions of the class(\s of houses insp(Hd(‘<i ])y the which may be takcji as houses below £lt) per annum reiital.