[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Tetbury R.D.C.
- Tetbury (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1941
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Tetbury R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HOUSING. 1. Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the year. (a) 1 Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects [under Public Health or Hous¬ ing Acts] ... ... ... 97 2 Number of inspections made ... ... 361 (b) 1 Number of dwelling-houses included under sub-section (1) above, which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolida¬ ted) Regulations, 1925 and 1937 ... 8 2 Number of inspections made ... ... 168 (c) Number of dwelling-houses fotind to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation ... ... Nil (d) Number of dwelling-houses [exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head] found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation ... ... 8 2. Remedy of Defects during the year without Service of Formal Notices. Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or its officers ... ... 18 No new houses were erected but 10 were repaired. Of these, 8 were in Tetbury. There are 92 Council houses in the area, 73 being in Tetbury town. Under the Housing Acts 97 houses were inspec- ted, rather more than in 1940, and to these 361 visits were paid by the inspector. There were only 8 houses placed on the register, as the others were all there be¬ fore. The number of inspections of these houses was 168. No houses were found to be unfit for human habitation, but 8 were not in all respects reasonably fit, and orders were given for repairs to them. The number rendered fit during the year was 18. No closing orders were made and no houses were demolished.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30182049_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
