[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough.

  • Hastings (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Individual properties are being dealt with at the rate of two per month, the provision of new housing of necessity setting the pace. The following table gives details of action taken :— Closing Orders (Section 12, Housing Act 1936) Part of a building . . . . .. .. .. 7 Closing Orders (Local Government [Miscellaneous Provisions] Act, Section 10b) . . . . .. . . .. 3 Closing Orders (Local Government [Miscellaneous Provisions] Acts, Section n (2)) (conversion from demolition order).. .. 3 Undertaking (Section II Housing Act 1936) .. .. .. 1 Demolition Order (Section II Housing Act 1936) .. .. .. 1 The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act came into operation on the 1st October. This provided that Closing Orders could be made on unfit dwelling houses instead of demolition orders. As a result it has been possible to achieve restoration of suitable properties without demolition, thereby saving valuable housing units. The following figures serve to indicate the extent of the field work carried out during the year :— No. of complaints received and investigated 702 (864) No. of informal notices served 488 (824) No. of informal notices complied with No. of statutory notices served under Public Health 388 (6x4) or Housing Acts 45 (43) No. of statutory notices complied with .. 44 (24) During the year 132 (121) reports were furnished to the Housing Depart- ment by the Medical Officer of Health or the Chief Sanitary Inspector. Of these 60 (42) related to overcrowding ; 3 (6) to living conditions of tuberculous families ; 13 (27) to families having a member or members suffering from ill- health or physical defects, and 26 (30) to unsuitable living conditions, and 30 relating to other conditions. Year. No. of families re-housed. Overcrowded, &c. Tuberculous, &c. 1946 35 8 1947 70 11 1948 71 8 1949 31 6 1950 61 21 1951 67 42 1952 41 18 1953 44 21