[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![S9 HOUSING A perusal of the table of housiii^^ progress luio-ht oivt- tlu' ini- ])ression that not so iiiueh work as usual has been put into tlu' elearanee of the shuns. Quite the opposite has been the ease. It will be seen that only b‘37 houses wert' eonhrmed for (hauolitiou diirino' the {)eriod of twelve mouths. During' the same period Orders were made for the Kve Hill Areas, eomprisiu”’ 19(1 houses, but these Orders were uneonlirmed at the end of the year. Hi^pi't'seutations were made also in resju'ct of the Simms Laiu* (t-a) Aiaais. but as yet no Order has been made. The delays wliieh are oeeurrino’ between the date of r(“})resenta- tiou of Areas, and the date of the making of Orcka’s is eausin^^ mueh additional work in the department. In respecd of tlie Uvc' Hill Areas, already mentioned, there was a delay of ei^htt'en months between rejiresentation and Ordt'r. and a somewhat similar situation is developino' with the Simms Lane Aiaais. Such delays maa^ssitate the re-serviee of notices in resjieet of owiua’ship. and this involves both time and expense. 'I'here has also to be a ri'-inspcadion of houses which amiin involves staff tinua There is a further dillienlty. in that. ha\dn<4' initiated action towards demolition, it becomes virtually impossible to persnadi* owners to sjxaid money on rcjiairs. 'Idms a bad hons(‘ Ixa-omes even worse. d'wo photo^'raphs are inelnded in this rejiort to illustrate th(‘ ty])e of houses which still remain in too lar^e a nmnlaa- at the prestmt time. One shows a typical seeiu' in a common yard. wlu*re. in this atlhient a^e of modern seienee. oiu‘ se(‘s tlu' washdionst's and a common outside stand-taj) for watca* snjijily. Such pi'ovision is tin* only provision for houses of this tyjie. H(‘re thcTc is no foroadtin^' of wash-day. and certainly none of the eoinamitmee of rnnnino' hot water at the turn of a tap.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0093.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
