[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Newmarket U.D.C.
- Newmarket (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Newmarket U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4. Housing; Act. 1956 - Part IV - Overcrowding;* (a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 2 (ii) Number of families dwelling therein 3 (iii) Humber of persons dwelling therein 20 (h) Number of new cases of overcrowding discovered during the Nil year (c) (i) Number of cases of overcrowding relieved during the 1 year (ii) Number of persons concerned in such cases 9 (d) Particulars of any cases in which dwelling houses have Nil again become overcrowded after the Local Authority having taken steps for the abatement of overcrowding The following table indicates the number of Council houses provided by this Authority:- Pre-Wa ? COMPLETED 1946,1947. POST- 1948, AAR. 1942-] 1952 0 Total Post-War. Traditional. 311 34 30 5 27 36 20 152 Pr e fab ric at e d c 35 15 — - — — — 50 Easiform. — — 98 0 u — — — 100 Unity. — **• - 9 11 28 48 Total: 311 35 ^9 12 8 7 36 47 48 350 Pre-War 3H Grand Total Council Houses 661 Conversionso Family units provided by Council 17 13 32 28 - - Nil s _86 M k 4 De-requisitioned, Private Enterprise. Houses completed, 3 5 3 5 2 1C 11 39 Conversions. Family units provided. 5 20 10 11 6 8 6 66 In 1952 the average number of persons per house throughout the District was 3*3? but in pre and post-war Council houses the average was 4«2 • Post-war Council house building has progressed at the average rate of 50 per year, so 48 completed in 1952 is an average year. The latest information (obtained at the end of August 1953)_ concerning the application list for Council houses shows 498 applicants on the waiting list. Of these 498 there are:- 367 already occupying houses but who need or desire a change and 131 who have never had a home of their own, they are at present in lodgings or living with in-laws. There is still, therefore, a very great task to be accomplished before the housing needs of the inhabitants are satisfied. Iho ob/ious and great benefit that the Council houses have conferred upon those who already have had their housing requirements met by thu Council will be a sustaining inspiration to those providing the houses until the task is completed. - 15 -](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29906994_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
