[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bakewell R.D. Work on Derwent Valley sewerage scheme in progress during year (started April, 1961). Belper R.D. Considerable extensions to sewers in the parishes of Darley Abbey, Allestree, Duffield, Quarndon, Denby, and Holbrook, mainly in con¬ nection with housing developments. Four filter beds replaced at Duffield and Allestree disposal works. Pumping plant replaced at Duffield works. Sewerage schemes carried out for the villages of Idridgehay and Tumditch. Blackwell R.D. Outfall sewers relaid at Langwith and South Normanton and new link sewer constructed for Doe Hill. Extensions to Carnfield disposal works. Chapel-en-le-Frith R.D. Peak Dale sewage works and ejector station completed and fully operational. Chesterfield R.D. Work completed on Gleadless Ford trunk sewer. At Eckington, Gallery Lane and West Killamarsh surface water sewers were installed and extensions at Killamarsh, Gleadless and Amber Valley were carried out. Alton scheme (Stage I) was completed. Northern area scheme (Stage II) is in progress. Heath sewerage scheme was almost completed. Beighton sewage scheme (Stage II) was started in November. Clowne R.D. Whitwell Common sewerage scheme is in progress. Repton R.D. Sewerage schemes for Ticknall, Findem, and Dalbury Lees were completed and work is in progress on schemes in Bretby and Hartshome. South-East Derbyshire R.D. The major scheme at Alvaston, for housing development, was substantially completed by the end of the year. Housing. The following table shows that a total of 10,710 houses have been declared unfit from 1955 to the end of 1962, and of these 7,410 have been either demolished or closed; a further 1,178 properties have therefore been dealt with during the year but there are still some 3,300 awaiting action. Improvement grants continue to lag behind although there has been a slight improvement in the total number of grants made. It will be interesting to see whether the pressure being brought to bear by the Minister of Housing to get properties dealt with under this Scheme has a material effect.