[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4.—Number of houses owuetl by tlie Local Authority, distinguishing those built in the last two years and held under (1) Part III. of the Housing Act, 1925 ; (2) Part 11. of the Housing Act, 1925 ... ... ... (J* (3) Number of Houses built under Housing Act, 1919 •151 Number of Houses built under Housing Act, 1924 ... ... ... ... ... ••• 50 HOUSING CONDITIONS. Following a report of the Medical OHicer of Health in which 1 the worst property in the town was described and detailed, i particularly referring to back-to-wall, back-to-back and p tenement houses, it was decided by the Council to present the iJ statement of a quinquennial programme under the Housing Act, {! 1930, in this form;— HOUSING ACT, 1930. SECTION 25 (2). Form of Quinquennial Statement. The Council of the County Horough of Darlington have :i considered the housing conditions of their area, and the needs of V. the area with respect to the ])rovision of further housing aeeom- I modation for the working classes. The Council have caused a survey to be made of their arca.^ I and an inspection to be made of the houses discovered in that [ survey to be not in all res|)ects lit for human habitation and not P to attain such a standard that the residents therein can l)e said L to })e well housed. The Council is of o])inion that precipitant action is to be » deprecated, and is not in a position at the moment to make I definite proposals as to the action which will ultimately be II necessary. The survey has disclosed 33 houses which are unlit and cannot by the ex])cnditure of any reasonable sum of money be rendered fit, and the ('ouncil {leeordingly pro])osc to take steps to secure the demolition of these houses forthwith. The j)resent inhabitants of these houses consist of Id families, totallinji 142 people, and to provide accommodation etjuivalcnt to that which ' is to be demolished will recpiire the erection of 50 houses of varying types. These houses the Council })ro))ose to erect.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
