[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashington U.D.C.

  • Ashington (Northumberland, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashington U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 a SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA General Inspection The abatement of nuisance was again achieved almost entirely by informal action, and it was found necessary to servfi only one Statutory Notice during the year. A total of 252 Improvement' Grants were made during the year, of which 20 were Standard Grants, and 232 Discretionary Grants. Of the 20 Stani.ard Grants, 18 were for owner-occupied houses and 2 for tenanted houses, while for Discretionary Grants, 30 were for owner-occupied houses and 202 for tenanted houses. The Discretionary Grants made since the inception of the scheme, now total 1916. The total number of Standard Grants now given is 83, and the facilities provided by the 20 grants given during 1965 are detailed in Section D of the report. No Improvement Areas were declared under the Housing Act, 1964,as systematic area improvement is still being carried out by the National Coal Board in co-operation with the Council. No representations by tenants for house improvement have been made under the Act. No applications for Certificates of Disrepair -under the Rent Act, 1957 were made during the year. The table below summarises the notices served: : — ————— ——— ——— Nuisances dealt with and work required to be done Verbal or Written Notices —— 1 Defects Remedied Insufficient, choked or defective drainage .. 4 4 Defective W.C.basins 5 3 . Defective W.C. cisterns and service pipes .. i Defective water supply and lack of internal 5 5 ! water supply j Defective sinks and waste pipes and provision 4 4 j for internal water supply - - ] Defective or missing ashbins 1 1 ; Defective roofs 9 12 i Damp walls 1 1 j Defective spouts 2 3 Defective wallplaster 4 5 Defective c^.ilings 3 9 Defective doors, windov/s and floors 12 20 Defective ranges, fireplaces and setpot boilers i ! Defective chimney flues 4 2 Defective paving and yard surfaces - 1 Defective outbuildings - - Defective food stores ■ - Offensive accumulations 9 9 Other defects L 4 3 Water supply The water supply to the area is provided by Tynemouth Corporation, from Eontburn and Tosson to Hebron Reservoir, and by 'gravity main to Ashington, with an additional supply provided by the Coquet Water Board. Daring the year work of covering the Hebron Reservoir was completed. Work is to be started early in the new year on laying, a new and larger main into Sheepwash Village.