[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.
- Staffordshire (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![POSITION AS AT 31.12.57. LOCAL AUTHORITY : Boroughs : tfBilston Lichfield 1 Newcastle -i Rowley Regis Stafford -d -M o ■s a 03 H -i— p c -4—> ft H -r— *1— U P rO (/) CD h— Urban Districts : Aldridge ff Amblecote Biddulph Brierley Hill c/) 13 n £ o m 4— — X o o d a d O •t— -i— Coseley P o -4-* C/1 jg T! aJ p 4*— 4*— Kidsgrove Leek Rugeley ftSedgley Stone f+Tettenhall Uttoxeter Wednesfield Willenhall Rural Districts : Cannock Cheadle ttLeek Lichfield Newcastle Seisdon Stafford ftStone Tutbury Uttoxeter HoUSCS UnCl uses uumpicicu uiiiiiig me yedr • (a) For Slum Clearance ... ... ... ... By Local Authority ... — 35 47 62 304 — — — 42 — 6 132 — •— 69 — 47 35 12 — 35 — 14 — 132 13 — — 2 — *< I 158 >• - - 25 — 25 _ (b) For other purposes . I By Local Authority — 50 334 154 337 — — — 138 — 16 69 — — 205 _ 37 64 78 — — — 2 Bungalows 40 Houses 596 138 63 27 _ 58 38 17 . 55 II By Private Enterprise — 35 159 98 — — — — * 1 846 — 43 452 — — 475 — 54 18 21 — 7 — 5 106 112 159 163 _ 101 34 407 40 - 50 6 Houses and flats in course of erection : (a) For Slum Clearance ... ... ... ... By Local Authority ... — 24 23 134 69 78 10 196 286 f 1 1 21 22 70 r » <{ 69 V» J ► 47 46 . V. 107 26 (b) For other purposes. I. By Local Authority — 75 229 112 175 — — -— 566 — — — — — 234 — — s. -V 24 — — — 12 189 24 — _ 79 _ . _ 10 II. By Private Enterprise — 70 101 79 — — — — 434 — 19 212 — — 180 — 7 18 25 — 2 — 4 33 52 84 83 — 113 22 360 31 _ 57 7 Number of post-war houses and flats erected from 1st April, 1945, to 31st December, 1957 ... I. By Local Authority — 756 4,265 1,979 Permanent, 2,670 — — -— 1,574 — 744 2,644 — — 1,998 — 1,278 708 498 — 478 — 482 2,694 1,629 925 1,116 _ 1,883 602 2,170 557 814 342 II. By Private Enterprise — 246 931 583 — — — — * 247 2,828 — * 434 229 1,527 —- — 1,145 — 843 190 872 — 64 — 69 725 492 760 1,221 _ Est. 650 246 *100 2,000 486 300 82 Housing Programme for 1958 : . I. For Slum Clearance ... - «■ * 74 _ . ■ 250 120 50 f Nil at 1 i Pre- f sent J 175 133 ' Bungalows,'l 23 | j l § 24 29 Est. 6 * 50 r i Proposed 1 258, \ Apprv’d y ! approx. L ioo* J r -n <j 166 - -/ V 57 60 r ] 107 r ] < * j 26 ► 24 II. For other purposes — — — — — — — 300 — — — — 67 — — Houses, l io J r § 127 — — — Est. 30 *400 _ _ 19 _ 2oo y 1 . J 3 (a) Number of temporary housing units occupied I, Prefabs. •— 50 235 147 225 — — — 51 — — 124 — — 100 — — — — — — — 20 30 150 57 — _ 145 26 6 II. Huts, etc. — — — — — — —- — — — — — — *12 — — —• — — — — — — — 50 _ _ _ 72 200 (b) Number of houses found overcrowded — (Not needed) 9 — ->. — — — 1 — (Approx.) 16 21 — .- 11 _ No Acc. figures available — 4 — — — 35 235 r i 1 < N° record L - ► 3 Not re¬ corded 14 4 No Survey made (c) Number of houses made fit during year 251 238 122 _ _ 54 22 P.H.A., 109 Hsg. Act, 4 *168 88 *19 20 6 130 109 89 45 55 38 *33 Houses required : (i) To replace houses scheduled for demolition — 160 807 645 — — -— — 80 — 19 950 — ,-A-, Not known V_ _J ► — f 1 i i 1 1,900 \ l J — 48 — Est. 80 •- 39 Approx. 250 5-year Programme 750 75 257 57 286 22 Approx. 200 102 174 (ii) To abate overcrowding — (Not known) 9 —• — — — — 40 — — 21 — Not Scheduled 60 — — — 35 — — 12 _ _ Not known 32 Not known 30 (iii) For other purposes (Not knowm) 1,824 1,921 _ _ _ 870 _ _ (Not known) _ _ (Not known) * 661 100 sav 120 19 274 200, 300, or more ? plus overspill ? Not known say 100 Total number of valid applications for Council houses still on the housing list at the end of the year — 475 1,824 1,921 1,593 — — 904 •— 148 2,600 — — 1,467 — Est. 200 670 290 — 319 — 300 822 735 965 600 _ 712 446 920 390 420 250 Total number of Council houses sold since 1945 ■— — — — 2 — — — —- — — 58 — — — — — t54 — — — — —' 41 — — 6 — 9 — 15 6 9 — Aldridge Urban District Biddulph „ ,, Coseley Urban District Leek Urban District ... Rugeley Urban District Stone Urban District * By other Local Authority. * National Coal Board. * Caravan Trailers. * Informal action only, f Inc. 16 built for sale. § Including 1959 (2 years) (with probably none completed in 1958) * General need 200, Birmingham overspill 1960-66, 300, Electricity Board 1959-61, 75, N.C.B. 56. * Excluding improvement grant work. FOOTNOTES TO TABLE II. Wednesfield Urban District Willenhall Urban District Newcastle Rural District Tutbury Rural District Uttoxeter Rural District tt No Returns received. * 350 overspill, 100 domestic. * Approx. 100—75% of these for slum clearance. * National Coal Board. * 26 dwellings are definitely planned and sites for further houses are being considered By use of the improvement grant under Housing Act, 1949 (1954-57). 34b](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30132290_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
