[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough.

  • Wednesbury (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Housing’ of the Working1 Classes. The overcrowded state of many of the houses and the difficulty of obtaining alternative housing accommodation made it difficult to carry out this work. The following is a summary of action taken :— i. General. (a) Estimated Population 31080 (b) General Death Rate 13-5 (c) Death Rate from Tuberculosis 1*46 (d) Infantile Mortality... 110 (e) No. of dwelling houses (all classes) ... 6258 (f) Estimate No. of houses occupied by Working f ]lqoq VglcloO ••• • • • » « t ••• 5250 (g) No. of new houses erected ... 170 (h) No. of persons per house 5 2. Inspection. (a) No. of houses inspected 68 Public Health Act 18 Housing Act ... 50 (b) No. unfit for human habitation 40 (c) No. not reasonably fit for human habitation 10 3. Public Health Acts. (a) No. rendered fit by informal action ... o Hat (b) No. of houses in respect of which Statutory Notices were served 18 (c) No. of houses in which defects were remedied— (1) By Owner 12 (2) By Council 4. Housing Act, 1919 (Sec. 28). (a) No. of houses in respect of which notices were served 9 UJ (b) No. of houses in which defects were remedied— (1) By Owner -- (2) By Council 2