[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough.

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION D. Housing. General. Housing Census :— (1) Total number of inhabited houses in the . Borough ... ... ... ... ... 17,680 (2) Estimated number of working class houses (separately occupied accommodation) ... 15,200 (3) Number of new houses erected during the year :— (a) by Private Enterprise ... 1019\ (b) by Local Authority ... 424 f 1443 The principal work done under the Housing Act, 1936, can be summarised as follows :— Inspections Primary Re-visits (a) Part 1—Clearance Areas 403 484 do. other visits 472 25 (b) Part 2■—Section 9—Reconditioning 176 941 Sections 11/12—Demolition or closure 135 218 Five Year Programme. The general survey of housing conditions rendered necessary to supply the Minister of Health with the local programme of slum clearance has been given further consideration during the year and the measures to be taken have been amended in the light of up-to-date circumstances. The work involved in the representation and development of this programme is much greater than perhaps is realised, and has materially taxed the resources of the Department’s normal staff. The programme as amended is as follows :— 1,126 houses in 73 clearance areas, involving 1,231 families and a population of 5,302. 241 individual unfit houses, involving 267 families and a population of 1,091.
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