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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Housing
A limited number of houses was made available for (c) families containing tuberculous
persons recommended by chest physicians for urgent rehousing, and (b) applicants
recommended by general practitioners and hospitals as suffering from very serious
mcdical conditions aggravated by housing circumstances. Applications received during
the year were dealt with as follows :
(a) Tuberculous persons—
Recommendations received 421
Nominated for rehousing 185
Recommendations not qualifying for rehousing 135
Under consideration at end of year 101
(b) Persons with very severe medical conditions—
Recommendations received 2,484
Nominated for rehousing 226
Recommendations not qualifying for rehousing 1,904
Under consideration at end of year 354
1956 1957
Areas represented as unfit for habitation 68 90
Houses in such areas 3,345 2,409
Areas surveyed but not represented by the end of the year 11l 81
Houses in such areas 3,255 2,004
Public local inquiries 37 28
Informal hearings 4 4
Orders confirmed—
(i) after inquiry or hearing 28 45
(ii) without inquiry or hearing (no objections received) 9 13
Town and Country Planning Act, 1947—
Declaration of Unfitness Orders 2 —
Houses involved 91
Surveys following applications to the Council 92 68
Searches following applications to metropolitan borough councils 193 158
Premises scheduled as dangerous structures, searches made 1,439 1,094
Public health laboratory
The facilities available at the Mcdical Research Council's Public Health Laboratory at
the County Hall and the close co-operation with its staff have proved of great value.

* Guinea pigs died before completion of test or milk curdled.
Preferential
housing
Slum
clearancc
Improvement
grants
Dangerous
structures
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