[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.
- Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[10] It is a matter for regret that some of the houses on the Council’s Housing Estates are found to be infested and this points to the advisability of disinfestation of the household effects of certain tenants removed from slum property. Two Council and fourteen other houses were found to be infested and disinfestation was carried out by the Local Authority, Zaldecide and Solution B insecticides being used. No means were taken to ensure that the belongings of tenants removed to Council Houses were free from vermin. Schools.—There is an adequate water supply provided for each of the Schools, and with one exception the sanitary accommodation is good. At Gulval school the closets are on the conservancy system, but water closets will be substituted when the new sewer is provided for that area. Details of action taken in relation to the health of the scholars are contained in the School Medical Officer’s Report. Section D.—-Housing. There are 6,044 inhabited houses within the Borough ; 152 houses being completed during the year. The unfit houses are chiefly back to back and single back dwellings in congested areas and these are being dealt with in the Council’s five year programme. 1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the Year:— (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 (5) Number of inspections made for the purpose (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation 587 1014 Nil Nil 522 18 • •](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29986709_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
