[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, St Andrews.

  • St. Andrews (Scotland). Council.
Date:
1937
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, St Andrews. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Yetfd' 1 apt. 2 apts. 3 apts. 4 apts. 5 apts. 6 apts. or more. Total. 1919 — — — — — — — 1920 — — — — — — — 1921 — — — — — — — 1922 — — — — — — — 1923 — — — — — — — 1924 — — 3 — — — 3 1925 — — 2 — 2 — 4 192(3 — — — — — i 1 1927 — — — — 3 — 3 1928 — — — 2 — — 2 1929 — — — — 1 — 1 1930 — — — 4 — — 4 1931 — — — 2 — — 2 1932 — — 1 7 1 — 9 1933 — — — 1 3 — 4 1934 — — 2 3 11 7 23 1935 — — 2 4 7 7 20 193(5 — 1 4 10 13 (3 34 1937 — — 3 10 4 9 2(5 Totals — 1 17 43 45 30 130 The total for the year 1932 does not include a few houses which were outwith the Burgh Boundary previous to the Burgh Extension effected during that year. During the year the 10th Development of the Housing Schemes was completed and fully occupied. The scheme comprised a total of 120 houses, namely :—84 three-apartment houses, 24 four-apartment houses, and 12 five-apartment houses. Of the 120 houses, 34 were occupied up to the end of 1936, and the remaining 86 were completed and occupied during 1937. Of the 120 houses comprising this development, 82 were utilised for slum clearance and 38 for relief of overcrowding. Since 1933, the total number of units displaced from unfit houses into houses belonging to the Local Authority is 885 and 83 units have been displaced but were not provided with accom- modation. Of the 885 units accommodated in houses belonging to the Local Authority 157 were accommodated in 1933 ; .18 in 1934 ; 193 in 1935 ; 137 in 1936 ; 357 in 1937 and 3 in the early part of the present year. The total number of properties which have been surveyed to date is 132 comprising 389 separate families with a total unit content of 1,305 persons. Of the 1,305 persons, 222 families, comprising 885 persons were accommodated by the Local Auth- ority ; 40 families comprising 83 persons were displaced but not