[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Dwelling-houses unfit for human habitation and not capable at reasonable expense of being rendered fit (a) Number found during year (Reports submitted to Council during year) 19 (b) Number (or estimated number) at end of year (not reported to Council) 40 (3) Number of dwelling-houses found during the year to be not in ail respects reasonabley fit for human habitation but capable of being rendered fit 316 2. Clearance Areas (Housing Act, 1936, and Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954):— (1) Number of dwelling-houses demolished during year:— (a) Unfit houses 9 (b) Other houses Nil (2) Number of persons displaced 31 3. Houses not included in Clearance Areas:— (1) Houses demolished or closed during year:— Number of Persons Houses Displaced (a) Housing Act, 1936:— (i) Demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure (Sec. 11) 17 53 (ii) Closed in pursuance of an undertaking given by owners under Sec. 11 and still in force Nil — (iii) Parts of building closed Sec. 12 Nil — (b) Housing Act, 1949:— (i) Closed as a result of closing orders under Sections 3(1) and 3(2) Nil (c) Local Government (Miscellaneous Pro- visions) Act, 1953:— (i) Closed as a result of closing orders Sections 10(1) and 11(2) Nil — (2) Repairs during the year:— Number of Houses (a) Unfit houses rendered fit and houses in which defects were remedied during the period as a result of in 135 formal action by the local authority under the Housing or Public Health Acts