[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight R.D.C.

  • Isle of Wight (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The village is sewered, the sewage being treated over land at some distance from the village. The closet accommodation is the w.c., with the exception of those houses not in the sewered area, where the pail closet is the usual form. YARMOUTH. (I.) General Housing Conditions in the District. (1) The number of separate occupiers in the Parish of Yarmouth was 205 at the 1901 census, and the same at the 1911 census. 20 new houses were erected during the years 190] to 1910, and 15 have since been built. The number of working-class dwellings is estimated at 197. (2) This parish had a population of 948 at the 1901 census, and 847 at the 1911 census. From the latter number has to be deducted 20 persons on board ships, leaving 827 in private houses. (3) (a) According to the census returns there was a decrease in the population of this parish, but some increase has since taken place, as there are no vacant houses. 10 houses were built between the years 1907 to 1912, whereas only 8 were built between 1913 and 1919. (b) You have arranged to build 8 new houses here. (II.) O V ER C R O W DIX G. No definite case of overcrowding has been reported. (III.) Fitness of Houses. (1) (a) The general standard of housing is good, but some of the houses are in rather confined areas, and so do not derive the same measure ol light and air that the houses in your other parishes obtain.