[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Grinstead R.D.C.
- East Grinstead (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Grinstead R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following Elementary Schools were closed for short periods owing to infectious illness— Crawley Down and West Hoathly owing to influenza ; Ashurst Wood owing to influenza and measles; Forest Row, Withyham and Blackham owing to whooping cough; and Hartfiold owing to mumps. All houses where infectious cases occur are disinfected free of cost with formalin, drains flushed with izal fluid, and walls and ceilings of rooms stripped, cleansed and purified. Printed and verbal instructions are given to occupiers with regard to precautions being taken to prevent the spread of infection, and if the patient attends school head teachers are informed of the illness and children who have been in contact with infected cases are kept from .school for a time and isolated. Special instruction cards are given to occupiers of houses where tuberculosis cases occur, dis- infectants regularly supplied and premises dis- infected after death or removal. In addition to disinfecting after ordinai’y infectious illness, your Inspector has disinfected 10 houses after tuberculosis, eight after pneumonia, three after whooping cough, three owing to vermin, one after mumps, one after measles and one after de.ath from cancer. Anti-diphtheria serum is stored at Inspector’s house, but no serum was required during the past year. Isolation Hospital.—The hospital for infec- tious cases is a joint hospital for East Grinstead Urban and East Grinstead Rural District. There are two blocks and 20 beds for the rural cases, being one block for scarlet fever and half-block each for diphtheria and enteric fever. INSPECTIONS MADE, INCLUDING INSPEC- TIONS UNDER HOUSING ACTS. No. inspections made during the year 2,208 „ original inspections 1,263 „ re-inspections where defects were found 945 „ inspections made with Medical Officer of Health 16 „ promises where nuisances and defects were found 131 „ promises where nuisances and defects were remedied 134 „ premises where nuisances and defects were reported to Council 131 „ premises where nuisances and defects were remedied at request of Inspec- tor 109 „ premises where nuisances and defects were remedied by order of Council 25 „ informal letters written and notices served by Inspector 726 „ complaints received and attended to ... 65 In some cases verbal instructions are given by Inspector to remedy defects and abate nuisances. INSPECTIONS MADE RELATING TO PARISHES. J] bo 'V (S § aj PanBhes bo a ^ A © S A 3 ® o p f o V OQ Ss c8 d Forest Row 75 ... 4 ... 136 ... 15 Hartfield 55 ... 1 ... 67 ... 4 Withyham 40 ... 1 ... 52 ... 11 West Hoathly 21 ... 2 ... 42 ... 2 Worth 249 ... 4 ... 213 ... 11 440 12 510 43 -0 (0 00 'V a s O Parishes B 0 ii ► O a 5| qI ^ o bo 5* boS e. a ca O .9 V Forest Row ... 13 ... 43 __ ... 1 .. . 264 Hartfield 1 ... 38 71 Withyham 4 ... 35 .. — ... — . 75 West Hoathly. 5 ... 34 — ... 1 .. 104 Worth 8 ... 45 .. 14 ... 16 .. 431 31 195 14 18 945 HOUSING. No. plans passed for new houses 127 „ new houses erected during the year ... 64 „ new houses erected with State assist- ance under Housing Acts :— (i.) by Local Authority 6 (ii.) by other bodies or persons (subsidy) 35 (1) Unfit dwelling houses. „ houses inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts 440 „ houses inspected under Housing In.spection of District Regulations, 1910 or 1925 149 „ houses found to be in such a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation ... 2 „ houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found to be defective or not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 96 houses repaired or rendered fit in con- sequence of informal action by Local Authority or their officers 97 ACTION UNDER STATUTORY POWERS. A. —Proceedings under Section 3 Housing Act, 1925 1. No. hou.ses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs A'ii 2. No. houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notice (a) by owner or Local Authority ... Xil 3. No. houses in respect of which clos- ing orders became operative in pursuance of declaration of owners of intention to close 2 B. —Proceedings under Public Health Acts : 1. No. houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 29 2. No. houses in which defects were remedied by owners after notice 25 3. No. houses in which defects were remedied by Local Authority ... Ail C. —Proceedings under Section II. 14, 15, Hous- ing Act, 1925 :— 1. No. houses representations made with a view to making closing orders A’iZ 2. No. houses in respect of which clos- ing orders were made ATZ 3. No. houses in respect of which clos- ing orders were determined and houses rendered fit A'iZ 4. No. houses in respect of which demolition orders were made ... Ail 5. No. houses demolished in pursurance of demolition orders Kil GENERAL HOUSING CONTMTIONS. No. inhabited houses in the district (approximate) 3,463 „ inhabited houses rateable value to £16 2,615 NUMBER HOl’SES RELATING TO PARISHES. Parish. Rateable Value £10. Larger houses. Forest Row 578 214 Hartfield 364 106 Withyham 467 201 West Hoathly ., 303 98 Worth 903 229 There has been a general shortage of houses in the district, especially in the parishes of Worth and Forest Row, but during the past five yeai's 282 houses have been built in the district. Also to meet this shortage the Council's housing schemes are as follow :— No. houses erected during the past five years 282 „ houses erected by Council 1921 16 „ houses erected by Council 1925 6 ,, houses in course of erection by Council 1925 68 „ houses at present in contemplation of erection by Council 1926 62 No. houses No. houses erected erected and being Parishes. during past o yeais erected by Council relating to parishes, relating to parishes. F'orost Row 47 7...‘30 Hartfield .... 46 12 Withvliam .... 59 50 West Hoiithly .... 17 8 Worth .... 113 52 Totals .... 282 152 3](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29182542_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
