[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. —Proceedings under Public Health Acts : (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which statutory notices were served x'equiring defects to be remedied ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 (2) Number of dwelling-houses in which defects were remedied after service of formal notices : (a) By Owners 36 (b) By Local Authority in default of Owners 3 C. —Proceedings under Sections ii and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936 : (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made ... ... ... 7 (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pur- suance of Demolition Orders ... ... ... - D. —Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 : (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - E. —Proceedings under Section 14 of the Housing Act, 1936 : Proceedings were taken against the owner of a basement flat subject to a Closing Order for re- letting the flat for occupation, and a fine of j^Jio and £211/6 costs were imposed. WATER SUPPLY The Canterbury Gas and Water Co. own the water undertaking and maintain a very satisfactory supply to all except 20 houses in the City. The supply is collected from deep wells in the chalk and is lime softened by the Company. A minimal dose of chlorine is given more to keep the apparatus in first-class working condition for an emergency than because the sup]xly normally requires it. Eleven samples of water were submitted for bacteriological examination and in every case of water from the public mains B.Coli (presumptive) were absent in 100 c.c.s. Of the 20 houses without a proper piped supply from the towns mains :— 6 houses draw water from a stand pipe on the public main. 14 houses have either well water or roof water or both. Included in the 14 houses are four properties in the Hackington area which have a piped supply from a well in the