[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY INSPECTION OP DISTRICT. 14 690 Inspections were made of 339 premises in connection with Housing and Nuisances, and as a result, 82 notices were served requiring the abatement of nuisances and housing repairs. 4 Statutory Notices were served. One was complied with. The other three hod not expired when the year closed. Most of this work is of a routine nature, but nevertheless is important work. It is unspectacular, and is probably performed without the knowledge of most ratepayers. Sewerage. Two houses in London Road which hod been draining to a septic tank were connected up to a new sev/er which became available as a result of the development of a new private housing estate. HOUSING STATISTICS FOR 1959• 1. 2. 3. 4. Number of New Houses and Flats erected during the year. (a) By Local Authority - J(~> (b) By Private Enterprise -- 125 Inspection of Dwellings during the year. (i) Inspected for housing defects under P.H. Acts 23 (ii) Housing Acts (iii) Number of dwellings found so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for hatitation (iv) Number of dwellings found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for habitation 213 3 68 Remedy of Defects by Informal Action. Number of dwellings rendered fit in consequence of Informal Action 50 Action under Statutory Powers (Public Health & Housing Acts). (a) Proceedings under Sections 9j10, & l6 of Housing Act 1956 and Sections 9, 10, 12 Housing Act 1987. (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied NONE (ii) Number of dwellings rendered fit service of formal notices after (a) by Owners NONE (b) by Local Authority in default of owners ' NONE Proceedings under Public Health Acts. (i) Number of dwellings in respect of which formal notices were served 4