[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Authority. I feel sure that this Inspection will result in the course of time in great benefit to the young members of the community provided the parents and guardians of the children co-operate with the Education Authority and their Officials in this work. House Accommodation.—I have again to report that the House Accommodation is, as a whole, good throughout the Borough. At the census of 1901 it was found that the average number of inhabit- ants in each house was 4'8, and your Officers have no reason to believe that this proportion has been much exceeded as, though there has been a very considerable increase in population since that date, a large number of houses have been erected, especially in East Ward. No action has been taken by the Council under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, as such action has not been considered necessary. Prior to the erection of any house plans are submitted to and passed by the Council, shewing the drainage of and air-space round the new erections, and all other necessary particulars. \ The Inspector presented to you in February a report of the inspection made by him and myself during the previous two months of the Cellar Dwellings, Single Houses, and Back-to-Back Houses through- out the Borough. This report was incorporated in my Annual Report for 1907. As a result of the Report upon these houses jour Council passed a resolution that the Inspector be directed to take steps to compel the proper ventilation and sanitary improvement in the premises mentioned as being unsatisfactory. Notices have been served and the necessary improvements and repairs have been completed in forty (40) houses, and, at present, fifteen (15) more are under course of repair, &c. Water Supply.—The Water Supply from the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks has been much improved during the year. In my Annual Report for 1906 I stated that the Botany and Heapey districts were not satisfactorily furnished with a sufficient and continuous supply of water. This deficiency was to a great extent remedied by the erection [14]