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9
Brief particulars of
conditions which make
area unhealthy.
Measures
already taken
as regards
the area.
Further action
to be taken by
Local Authority
for dealing with
the area (give
approximate
dates).
Contemplated
measures for
re-housing
displaced
Population.
The vital statistics for
the four years prior to
the War are unfavourbte,
viz.:—
Infantile mortality,
283 per 1.000 as against
110 for the whole district.
Zymotic Death Rate,
5.1 per 1,000 as against
3.9 for the whole district.
Total Death Rate, 17.5
per 1,000 as against 13.5
for the whole district.
The houses are badly
arranged, the sites of the
houses are not concreted,
rooms are very small,
roofs and walls are defective,
a certain number of
the houses are without
forecourts and others
without back yards.
Notices under
the Public
Health Act, and
the Housingand
Town Planning
Act, to execute
repairs, etc.
It is proposed
to apply for an
Order for a
Reconstruction
Scheme before
March, 1921.
The policy of
the Council as
to whether they
shallbe re-housed
on the site or
alternatively
offered other
houses to be
erected on the
F.astbury or Upney
Estates, has
not yet been decided.