[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Heanor U.D.C.

  • Heanor (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Heanor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S13 MM ARY OF REGISTERED PREMISES. Slaughter-houses—Licensed 19. Registered 3 ... ... 22 Offensive Trade Premises ... ... ... ... ... 3 Workshops ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Workplaces ... .... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Outworkers ’ Premises ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Factories ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 Bakehouses ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 Fish Frying Premises ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 Other Food Preparing Premises ... ... ... ... 19 Farms or other Premises used as Dairies ... ... ... 35 Cowsheds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 76 Milk Purveyors Retail 28, Wholesale 30 ... ... ... 58 MilkPurveyors who reside outside but retail within this area 14 HOUSING. During the year 79 new houses were erected and completed in the district, all of which were erected by private enterprise. 24 unlit houses were demolished as a result of demolition orders, 2 were voluntarily demolished, and 2 were converted into a shop. There was therefore a net increase of 51 houses for the year. The number, of houses in the area at the end of December, 1939, was 6,415, of which 737 wTere Council houses. We have been for a number of years living in an age in which there has been a greater development of material advantages of all kinds than there has ever been in a similar space of time in past ages. We have been moving along a process of evolution into conditions which are very different from those which existed some thirty years ago. This certainly applies to housing, but the war will no doubt curtail housing activities. To have secured that many families are now able to occupy a dwelling adequate in size, equipment, convenience of place, amenity of surroundings, all affording opportunities for a full family life, and to enable the occupants—most of whom accept the opportunity—to play their part as good citizens in the life of the community to which they belong, has set a standard compar- able in character and not less definite than that which has long been accepted as a public responsibility in the matter of education. Although a number of unfit houses still remain, the majority of the total]v unfit had been dealt with before the end of the year.