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Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACTS. Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909. Proceedings under Section 17.
Houses Inspected. | Represented by Medical Officer of Health. | Defects Remedied without Closing Orders. | Closed Voluntarily. | General Character of Defects. | Remarks. |
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A number of other houses were inspected by me, but were not reported
to the Housing of the "Working Classes Committee, as they did not appear to me
to be in a state so injurious or dangerous to health as to be unfit for human
habitation.
Underground Rooms habitually used as Sleeping Places.
In accordance with the Sub-Section 7 of the same Section (17) of the Act
I again prepared and submitted suggested regulations. These were approved by
the Council, and after minor verbal alterations received the consent of the Local
Government Board, February 2nd, 1915.
A number of underground rooms were inspected by me during the year, and
of these 35 were reported to the Committee. Six of the 35 rooms were closed
voluntarily; in 21 the defects were remedied without Closing Orders, and in the
remaining 8 no action was necessary.
Erection of Dwellings for the Working Classes.
Short's Gardens and Neal Street Site.
On account of the War the erection of the dwellings has been postponed.