[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Royston (Hertfordshire) U.D.C.

  • Royston (Hertfordshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Royston (Hertfordshire) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The outer corrugated sheeting to all these huts are perished and the buildings have had their life'1« Attempts to make the roofs watertight without the expenditure of a 'considerable sum of money cannot be successful and the conditions will deteriorate rapidly* ■ • • • •, ,* . . . . v' Av . *••••■ . The Council’s policy is to demolish the huts as and when the occupants are rehoused, but this process is inevitably a very slow one, and the continued occupation of these places under winter conditions can only be viewed with dismay* Clearance Areas. 6 houses in Clearance Areas still. remain to be demolished. One of these is still occupied* Every effort is being made to complete the demolitions and negotiations with the owners of the premises are in progress* * One house which was closed for human habitation has been demolished* ' J .1 . '.y.-y/.- , .... Informal action has been taken where essential repairs were necessary to render houses fit and. satisfactory results have been obtained'without resource to formal action. V' Control of Civil Building* < -■ - ■ • ; . The Sanitary Inspector and Surveyor has continued to act as the officer responsible for the issue of Building Licences on behalf of the Minister of Works under Defence Regulation 56A.- ' ... During 1949, 3 licences to. erect new dwelling houses were issued* . • - Three houses' under licence were completed and occupied during the year. , t ■ ( ] • One building was adapted to. provide 2 units of family accommodation! • :\ 17 licences were issued. f.o.r essential works and repairs to properties of a total est*imat’ed-;e ost of. £5,282 •> ' ’ ’ ‘ L Z y; *:/:* . • • V. Of these licences 14 ywer e in respect of dwelling houses and 3 in respect of other buildings. '