[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Witham U.D.C.

  • Witham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Witham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tho following table surma rises action takoh in connection with O t o inspection of dwollinghouses during the year 19 6l:- 1* Inspection of dwollinghouses during the year; (a) Total number inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) . 124* (b) Humber found to bo in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to bo unfit for human habitation ' ... ... 8. (c) Humber (exclusive of thoso referred to under sub-heading (b) found not to bo in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation . 44* O t Remedy of defects during the year without sorvico of formal notice: (a) Humber of houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by Local Authority (or its Officers) •«« ... L],6• (b) Humber of other defective conditions romedied after informal action by Local Authority (or its Officors) •*« ... l6, 3. Action under Statutory Powers - Housing Acts, 195^1937* of houses in rospoct of which notices v/cre served requiring ropairs ... ... 1. of dwollinghouses ronderod fit after service of formal notice ... ... •11• of soparato tenements or underground rooms in rospoct of wiiich Closing Orders wero made ... 10 of dwollinghousos in respect of which Demolition Orders were i.adc ,, • ... 1. of Undertakings accepted ... Nil, 4* Number of Dwollinghouses demolished3 (a) I11 pursuance of Clearance Orders (b) In pursuance of Demolition Orders (c) Voluntarily by owners 3• Ovo rc rowd ing s (a) Houses found to be overcrowded ... ... Nil, (b) Overcrowding abatod ... ... Nil# 10. Nile (a) Mumb-,r (b) lur.ibe r (0) Nuribo r (d) Humber (0) Humbc r WATER SUPPLY. As in previous years, tho Witham wator cane from the South Essex viator Company fs Abbe rt on reservoir and from the Council’s supply at Bra dwell Springs, Periodic sampling was done throughout tho year and tho quality of tho water was always entirely sat is factor;/. Generally the quantity was adoquato but in parts of Silver End tho pressure was low and complaints frequent, especially at week-ends, Tho installation of a booster pump »ms under consideration.