[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Macclesfield Borough.
- Macclesfield (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1918
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Macclesfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![THE DISINFECTOR. Number of beds disinfected by steam . 232 ,, Counterpanes, blankets, etc. 840 ,, ,, Articles of Clothing . 1768 Total . 2840 Last Year . 3379 THE MORTUARY. aMM.»ur»BWFirfl«M!ttMnuiguL»ai«it,M»-rr]-Mim iiininiin Number of bodies removed to the Mortuary during the year (in¬ cluding 3 who had died of influenza and were awaiting burial... 6 Number of post-mortems made ... 2 COMMON LODGING HOUSES. 127,04/ nightly lodgers were accommodated in the registered Common Lodging Houses during the year, against 25,8'82 last year. I HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING ACT, 1909. No action was taken under this Act during the year for the reasons stated in previous Annual Reports. There can be do doubt that there is now and will be for some time to come a very great shortage of dwelling-houses in the Borough. I submit the following Table and Report, prepared with his usual ability by the Housing Inspector, Mr. Hermann. It is necessarily in¬ complete as the work was stopped when the clerk (Mr. Albinson) joined II.M. I orces. A careful study of the table will show how poor is, the bulk of the housing provided in the areas so far inspected. Three bed¬ rooms seems but a minimum requirement if family decency is to be maintained. Extra bedroom and bathroom provision is THE urgent necessity in this town. Every house, intended for faynily occupation, should have a bath, w.c., and three bedrooms, and this should be the MINIMUM provision. We are difficultly circumstanced, as we are a \eiy old town built on a hillside, and the alterations and additions neces¬ sary to secure houses possessing the above stated accommodation is not always easy, and yet it is essential to the health and well being of the people of the town. The raising of the standard of physical well-being, and the higher appreciation of the common amenities of life by the bulk of the populace will compel sanitary authorities to insist on a much more liberal provi¬ sion for each individual of pure air, pure water and good dwellings.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29778931_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
