[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Environmental Health Services Embodying the Report of the Chief Public Health Inspector for the Year 1963 Housing Statistics 1. Number of new Houses erected during the year :— (i) Hy the Local Authority Houses Flats 108 128 (ii) Hy other Local Authorities — — (iii) By other Bodies or Persons 75 — 2. Total No. of Council-owned dwellings at end of year . . 5269 3. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year :— (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2059 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose . . 5028 (c) No. of dwelling-houses in (a) above found to be not in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation but capable of being rendered fit . . 319 4. Houses included in Clearance Areas .. 356 5. Individual houses represented as being unfit for human habitation . . .. . . . . .. . . . . 8 6. Houses demolished : In Clearance Areas : (1) Houses unfit for human habita- tion (2) Houses included by reason of bad arrangement, etc. (3) Houses on land acquired under .Sec. 43(2), Housing Act, 1957 Not in Clearance Areas ; (4) As a result of formal or informal procedure under Section 17(1) Housing Act, 1957 (5) Local Authority owned houses certified unfit by the Medical Officer of Health (6) Houses unfit for human habita- tion where action has been taken under local Acts . . (7) Unfit houses included in Un- fitness Orders Houses Demolished Displaced during Year Persons Families 222 389 145 6 4 2 63 57 31 7 16 9 — — —