[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year :— (a) Proceedings under Sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930 :— (1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs ... 27 (2) Number of dwellinghouses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices :— (a) By owners ... ... ... ... 30 (b) By Local Authority in default of owners ]4 (b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts :— (1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied ... ... ... ... 55 (2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices :— (a) By owners ... ... ... ... 30 (b) By Local Authority in default of owners Nil (c) Proceedings under Sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930 :— (1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made ... ... 19 (2) Number of dwellinghouses demolished in pur- suance of Demolition Orders ... ... 27 (d) Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930 :— (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made ... ... ... ... Nil (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit ... ... ... Nil General Observations as to housing Conditions. In response to Circular 1331 issued by the Minister of Health in April, 1933, the Corporation submitted in October a Programme and Time Table of action proposed to be taken during the five years—1934-1938—to deal with insanitary hous- ing conditions existing within the Borough.