[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Prestatyn U.D.C.
- Prestatyn (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Prestatyn U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) Number ot new cases of overcrowding reported during the year (c) (1) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the year ... ... ... j (2) Number of persons concerned in such cases ... 2 (d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling-houses have again become overcrowded after the Local Authority have taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding ... ... ... ... nj] (e) Any other particulars with respect to over- crowding conditions upon which the Medical Officer of Health may consider it desirable to report ... nil The foregoing figures may give the impression that there is hub a small overcrowding problem. It must., however, he remembered that these figures refer to legal over- crowding in which the standard is very low compared with the normal standards in this area. The legal standard recognises living rooms as sleeping rooms, so that an ordinary 5 roomed house (2 living looms and 3 bedrooms) could house 10 adults without been legally overcrowded. In considering the cases of applicants for houses the Council recognises a “bedroom standard” for over- crowding and this has helped to relieve many cases of near legal overcrowding. Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of disrepair issued ... ... 4 Houses owned by the Local Authority The following is a list of properties owned by the Council. Caradoc Terrace 15 7 x 3bedrooms, 8x2 bedrooms Dawson Park 72 60 x 3 „ 12x2 Bryn Melyd Road 22 18x3 „ 4x2 Isfryn Road 22 22 x 2 ,, Bryn Rhosyn 174 174 x 3 ,, Maes Hendre 112 4x4 „ 106x3 and 12x2 ,,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28874328_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
