[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight R.D.C.
- Isle of Wight (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1919
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![census. ] 0 houses were built during the years 1901 to 1910, and 10 since. The number of working-class houses is esti- mated at 188. (2) This parish had a population of 884 at the census of 1901 and 86G at the census of 1911. (3) (a) This parish has not yet been thoroughly inspected, and it is therefore difficult to form an estimate as to the shortage of houses. 25 houses have been inspected here, and of these 1 is at present unfit and cannot without reconstruction be rendered fit. There can be little doubt from other inspections made that several houses will be found unfit on thorough inspection. While 16 houses were built between the years 1907 to 1912, only 5 were built between 1913 and 1919. (b) You have decided to build 12 new houses near the school and village. (II.) Overcrowding. No definite cases of overcrowding have been reported in the parish, with the exception of the house found unfit, which is still occupied, there being- no other house available for the present occupants. (III.) Fitness of Houses. (1) (a) The general standard of housing in the district varies considerably, there being a number of houses of a fairly good type, but on the other hand there are many that will not pass a reasonable test on thorough inspection. (b) The only house remaining unfit had origi- nally been a shed, constructed of stone walls with no damp-proof course and a thatched roof. (2) No action has so far been taken under either the Public Health or Housing Acts.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29499057_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
