[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough.

  • Huddersfield (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Huddersfield County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1129 inspections for general cleanliness and vermin have been made of Council houses. Of these, 379 were revisits to houses previously found to be unsatisfactory. 1356 inspections have been made of private houses, where the occupier has applied for a Council house, prior to a house being granted. 39 of these were found to be bug infested, in 11 cases a Council house was granted, and on removal the furniture was fumigated by liquid H.C.N, gas in the Council's removal van, and the beddingspassed through the steam disinfector. All the privately owned houses found on inspection to be bug infested have been dealt with under the Public Health Act, 1936. As an additional precaution 75 visits have been paid to dealers in second-hand furniture and clothing, and to furniture removers, in an effort to prevent the spread by these channels. No evidence of vermin was found during these visits. HOUSING. Houses erected by the Corporation since 19U. 19H to 19U. 1945. 1946. n 5349 8 242 4 (prefabricated, Arcon type). ( ■ •• h (porfiisnont)« 5603 t— Housing Conditions - Statistics - Year ended 31st December 1946. (1) Estimated population. 121,560 (2) General Death-rate. 14,67 (3) Death-rate from Tuberculosis. 0,50 (4) Infantile Mortality. 50 (5) Number of dwelling-houses of all classes. 42,076 (6) Number of working-class dwetling-houses, 35,624 (7) Number of new working-class houses erected. 341 Number of new houses erected during the year. (1) By the local Authority. 246 (2) By other bodies and persons. 95 1, Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year. (a) (i) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts). 599 (ii) Number of inspections made for the purpose. 599 (iii) Number of re-visits. 1520 (b) (i) Number of dwelling-houses (included under subhead (a) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932. Nil, (ii) Number of inspections made for the purpose. Nil. (c) Number of dwelling-houses found 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 subhead) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation. 379 2, Remedy of Defects during the year without service of formal notices. Number of dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Locat Authority or their Officers:- Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which defects were remedied, 169 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year. A. Proceedings under Sections 9. 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936: U) Number of 3welling-houses in respect 0? whicH”notices were served requiring repairs. (ii) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices. (a) by owners. (b) by local Authority in default of owners. B. Proceedings under Public Health Acts: TiTUumFer of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied. (ii) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of format notices. (a) by owners. (b) by Locat Authority in default of owners. C• Proceedinqs under Secti0ns_1J _a nd_13_0f_the Housing Act, 1936: TT]TiTumFer o?~3weTling^iiouses”Tn respect 0? whTch DemoTHTon Orders were made. (ii) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders. D. Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936: (i) Number of separate tenements or underground^rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made. (ii) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit. Nit. Nit. Nil. 147 ill Nil. Nil. 23 Nil. Nil.