[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the meantime, only those properties which had reached such a state of dilapidation that they were incapable of being main- tained in a reasonable condition for further habitation have been dealt with for slum clearance under the Housing Act. Fourteen houses have been represented during the year; eleven of these were included in two Qearance Areas and three as Ihdividual Unfit Houses. In addition, three houses which were subject to Demolition Orders have been demolished. Action has also been taken under the Public Health Acts in respect of 493 houses which were not in all respects fit for habit- ation and, up to the end of the year, 371 of these had been repaired and put into a satisfactory condition. All this work was accom- plished without having to resort to legal action. It is somewhat surprising that so little advantage is being taken of the Improvement Grants offered under the provisions of the Housing Act, 1949, for the improvement of the older class of property. It is possible that the present high cost of building work may have some influence on this, but its more ready accept- ance would have the effect of increasing the possible life of some of the existing sub-standard properties, and might add to the greater comfort of the tenants. Only one application for the Improvement Grant has been received and approved during the year. The following table shows by Ward incidence the houses erected by the Corporation and by private enterprise :— Newbold West Rother Old Whitt. Hasland ! St. Helen’s Holmebrook New Whitt. S. Leonards Trinity Total Built by the Corporation 219 — 8 ♦18 245 Built by Private Enterprise 9 18 4 — 5 6 — 1 (1) (1) 45 TOTAL 228 18 12 — 5 6 — 1 1 19 290 Figures in brackets indicate the number of conversions. Figtire * denotes Single Persons Flats NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946— PART 3 SERVICES. The day-to-day administration of most of the Part III Services provided under the National Health Service Act is delegated to the Chesterfield Area Health Sub-Committee, which consists of six members of the Eterbyshire County Council Health Committee and six members of the Borough Health Committee. This section of the Report summarises the work carried out in the Borough during 1952,