[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Todmorden Borough.

  • Todmorden (England). Borough Council
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Todmorden Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    its rntb -SJSiakaXess fuels^ the ep.tiis&t«d costs for the converaicsn. aye. -.©f ©ppliances in di^^lltngSj details as t© sjiFady persona ©to,^ details as to ti?© availability of gas and sleatricity serviceSj. a snamary of the total estiisated costs and average cost per and details of appliances requiring adaptation etc. with costs. Tbs total nuffiber of premises comprised in the area are as foliowst“ Industrial « 5 Commercial » 48 Dwellings ® 510 (539 l®ss 29 Proposed Slum Clearance) Other Premises s* 86 Grown Propertifg » _ 1 TOTAL The area is approximately 21 acres and bounded by a line commencing at the junction of the south-=westerly side of Burnley Road and the viaduct carrying the Manchester-Leedi railway lias of the British Railways Board; thence in a generally north- sasterly direction along the north-westerly boundary of the said Manchester-Leeds railway line to iti junction with the Burnley- Todmorden branch railway line ©f the British Railways Board; thence firstly in a generally north=-easterly direction along the north¬ westerly boundary of then secondly in a generally northerly direction along the westerly boundary of and then thirdly in a generally north-westerly direction along the south-westerly boundary of the said Burnley-Todmorden branch railway line to its junction with the north-westerly boundary of Victoria Road ; theme® in a generally south-westerly direction along the north-westerly boundary ©f Victoria Road t© its junction with Burnlev R®ad; thence along the south-westerly boundary ®f Burnley Road t®' the point of commencenienta It is estimated that approximately ljl81 tons of coal will require replacement and the additional fuels required annually to replace this are estimated to be 965000 Killowatts of electricity^ 15pl62 therms of gas^ and 854 tons of solid smokeless fuels. The estimated cost ©f conversion of ranges in dwellings is £12j045 14se Od, of which £4j818 5®. 7do will be recoverable by way of grant giving a net cost t® the Corporation of ^3i)^13 14s, average cost per house is estimated at £23 12s, 4d. On completion of the survey of the (No.3) Smoke Control Areaj, a detailed survey of the-proposed Borough of Todmorden (No.4) Smoke Control Area was to be commenoedj, but had to be deferred in view of the issue in December of Circular No, 69/63 of the Ministry of Housing and Local Govemmentj which necessitated immediate enquiries to be made from fuel producers and distributors as to the avail¬ ability of the various fuels which would be available for the premises in the Borough of Todmorden (No.3) Sm@k# Control Order,
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