[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The addresses of houses represented for demolition were as follows :— 18-19, New Street .. .. 2 20-21, New Street .. .. 2 22, 23, 24, 25, New Street .. .. 4 26-27, New Street .. .. 2 100, Coval Lane .. .. .. 1 The summarised ])osition up to date in regard to closures and demolition of houses, is as follows :— Houses where demolition orders have been made but where the houses are still occupied .. 3 Houses made fit by owners, and closing or demolition orders cancelled .. .. .. 8 Houses used as stores .. .. .. 4 Houses used as lock-up shops .. .. 2 Houses used as workshops .. .. 1 Houses empty .. .. .. .. 17 Houses demolished .. .. .. 87 122 The 4 houses in Coppins Yard were demolished during the year (Section 14 of the Housing Act, 1925). 52, New Street, 2 houses in Falcon Yard, and 51, New Street, were demolished without formal notices. In recent years, 124 houses have been demolished, 87 by formal action and the remaining 37 by informal means. Paving of Yards, Passages, &c. The paving of 57 yards or passages has either been repaired or relaid in cement. Most of the yards in the Borough are well paved as a result of ' previous activities in this respect. Water Supply. The whole of the houses in the Borough, with the exception of a few ' isolated houses at Galleywood, where no water mains are available, are i supplied from the Corporation Mains. Fourteen houses at Galleywood have i been suirplied with Borough water during 1933, this being made possible by a ( short extension of the main in the neighbourhood. The provision of a water i supply inside the houses and the provision of baths, proper w.c.’s, sinks, &c., ' has been much appreciated. Seventeen storage tanks were abolished during the year, and water taken « direct from the mains. Practically all the houses in the Borough are supplied j direct from the mains, and very few houses remain without internal water i supplies.