[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford Borough.

  • Castleford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    39/72 (page 7)
    Section • Informal Notices Complied with without Stat'y Notice. Statutory Notices. Statutory Notices complied wi th. Out standin^ housing Act, 1936 Section 9 4 11 2 2 3 .ublic Health Act 1936. Sections 92/3 313 248 153 98 122 Section 75 779 411 23 15 385 Section 47 1 — — —• Section 45 219 180 49 .27 45 Section 39 115 82 44 2d 43 /Aihers 46 25 17 9 30 Ke£ Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936 is used to require the thorough reconditioning of houses. Section 39 of the Public Health Act, 1936 deals with such natters as blocked or defective drains, sink waste pipes, etc. Section 45 is used for water closets which are defective but which can be repaired with reconstruction. Section 47 deals with the conversion of privies, waste water closets, etc., to proper wash-dovm water closets. Section 75 enforces the provision of proper dustbins. Sections 92/3 deal with premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance, and are used for general repairs to houses. Housing Repairs and Rents Act. 1954. No. of Certificates of Disrepair issued 5 No. revoked 4 No. of applications for revocation refused 3 Housing Act. 1949 and Housing Repairs and Rents Act. 1954. Grants for loprovenents of Existing Houses. No. of applications received 22 No. granted 20 Value of grants approved during the year .£2862 No. completed in the year ...20 Value of grants paid in 1956 £2846 INSPECTION MF SUPERVISION OF POOD. It will again be appreciated that xhe progress made in the i field of Slum Clearance hes been, to some extent, at the expense j of other services. Consequently the supervision of food | supplies has been routine. Vigilance has been maintained but | no especial efforts or campaigns launched. .! j Whilst one appreciates the progress made in earlier years ^ one cannot remain oblivious to the provisions of the recent ^ legislation and the need for an up-to-date survey of food premises..i; The difficulty, however, is doing all that one would wish to do ] with the staff available. It is hoped that in the near future we shall be able to implement some of the schemes which at the i moment lie on the table. i It -7-