[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1925
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    marked for falling-, but wliicli at present form a slielter for ilie oe(uipiers, for wiiom at ])reseni no ali(‘rnatiA^e aeeommodation is available. Hornsea. Since 1921 there have been dOd plans of houses represent!no* nearly GOO neAv houses before the Council, of Avhich OA^er 2b0 areabsolutely completed. Tlie subsidA^ of £T5 under the 192d and 1924 Acts has been t. o'lanted to 144 Parlour tv^pe and 8 Xon-Pailour type. Til is is all to the R’ood, but one Avould like to see cottages built Avhich could be let lo manual Avorkers at a lental of G/- or 7/- a u'eek. ]^orKLiN(;roN. Tlie only slioriage is of Avorking class houses, and this shortage is estimated at 40 houses. 44ie Council hav^e prepared a Scheme and submitted the same to the Ministry of Health under “ The Financial Provisions Act, 1924,'’ and if approA^ed it is expected that the above shortage Avill be met by pilvate enterprise. lU'RAL DTSTPTCTS. Pea'ERLEY. a considerable number (^120) of neAV houses liaA^e been built, but as these are largely occupied by migrants from Hull the shortage in the Aullages is still acute, many cottages are in a bad state of repair and \vould be condemned it alternative accommodation Avere aAui liable. Pridlington. A\4iile there is no excess of houses, it cannot be said tliat there is much demand for increased numbers of houses, the population, as previously noted, remaining nearly stationary in the District. AVhat is chiefly Avanted is the proAu'sion of new cottages to let at a rent Avithin the means of the inhabitants, to replace many old and inconA’enient cottages Avhich Avould be better AUAcated. Tile Council under the Addison Scheme erected IG houses. Since then, under Seel ion I of the Act of 1919, the Council haAn certified for the lump-sum subsidy 10 houses erected by piivate persons, principally for their oAvn occupation. Hnder the Act of 1924 the Council haAn adopted a small scheme comprising ten houses to be sidisidised for erection of priAxate buildings. Of these, at present, three havn been taken up and are no\v in course of building.