[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Caernarvonshire Combined Sanitary Districts (Bangor City, Conway Borough, Bethesda U.D.C., Betws y Coed U.D.C., Llandudno U.D.C., Llanfairfechan U.D.C., Penmaenmawr U.D.C., Nant Conway R.D.C., Ogwen R.D.C., Caernarvon Borough, Pwllheli Borough, Criccieth U.D.C., Portmadoc U.D.C., Gwyrfai R.D.C., Lleyn R.D.C.).

  • Caernarvonshire Combined Sanitary Districts.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Caernarvonshire Combined Sanitary Districts (Bangor City, Conway Borough, Bethesda U.D.C., Betws y Coed U.D.C., Llandudno U.D.C., Llanfairfechan U.D.C., Penmaenmawr U.D.C., Nant Conway R.D.C., Ogwen R.D.C., Caernarvon Borough, Pwllheli Borough, Criccieth U.D.C., Portmadoc U.D.C., Gwyrfai R.D.C., Lleyn R.D.C.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    shire, Newport, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Monmouthshire, Caernarvonshire and Glam- organshire. There is consistent falling off in the efforts made in the remaining 8 Counties and County Boroughs. In Caernarvonshire the number of houses built by Local Autho- rities, or private enterprise with assistance from the Exchequer, since the Great War, is 2,229. the number under construction by Local Authorities with grant assistance was on the 31st May, 1938, 521, making a total of 2,750. “ Building without State Assistance has been considerable in this County. 4,405 houses have been so built (including 97 by Local Authorities) since the War. The record of building by the Local Authorities looks better on paper than in fact it is. “ Considering the great number of old and thoroughly bad houses, and considering the unenviable record of Mortality from Tuberculosis, the District Councils should have been much more active than they have been, and the County Council should have been much more vigorous and thorough in its supervision. [“ On the other hand, the County Council were very slow on their own account, as well, for example, in making the Housing (Rural Workers) Act effective. They have also been very slow in launching an After-care Scheme, with a staff of Female Health Visitors, trained in Tuberculosis work. E. LI. Owen]. Caernarvon Borough. “ A number of uninhabited houses (following upon 3 Slum Clearance Inquiries. E. LI. Owen) in this town are still standing, and are a source of danger. We were given to understand that some of them belong to the Office of Works. “ They should be removed as soon as possible. “ The Council seem to be alive to the needs of their town, and are making considerable progress with their Housing Schemes. (447 Council Houses owned in July, 1939. E. LI. Owen). Bangor Borough. “ Bangor Council seem to be dealing with their Housing problems effectively. When they have completed their present schemes, they will not only have done away with their Slum houses, but also have got rid of their Overcrowding. Llandudno Urban District. “ Llandudno is of course a new and flourishing seaside resort. There can be no complaint against the Council. We did, however, hear a complaint with regard to over- crowding during the summer months, and a complaint with regard to high rents, but we accept the explanation which was given to us on behalf of the Council. Pwllheli Borough. “ The conditions in this old town were made the subject of special investigation by Dr. Chalke. We ourselves also visited the town. “ In the old part of the town the conditions are far from satisfactory, but the Council have built a number of houses, both of the Parlour and Non-Parlour type, and have a programme which, when carried out, ought to, make conditions more satisfactory within the area. “ The Council should have been more vigorous in the past, considering the bad Tuberculosis record and the fact that the town attracts many visitors during the summer. (122 Council Houses owned in July, 1939. E. LI. Owen). Portmadoc Urban District. “ Dr. Lloyd Owen says that, —in spite of the erection of a number of new houses, there are individual unfit houses and overcrowded houses in this old port, and also that there are a number of houses in great need of repair, (23 Council Houses pwned in July, 193^.—E. LI. Owen).