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Housing Conditions Drainage of Subsoil and Condition of Houses.
One hundred and one of the houses were sufficiently drained
and 28 were well drained ; in 3 drainage was problematical.
Houses which were perfectly dry and did not show any signs
of dampness numbered 72, whilst 48 showed traces of damp; 11
were damp; one house was specified as very damp, this house being
included in a demolition order.
Aspect.
132 cases reported.
The aspects of the houses were as follows:—
S.E. 27 S.W. 21 E. 12 N.E. 12
N.W. 18 S. 15 N. 12 W. 15
The bulk of houses in which cases occurred were ordinary
terrace houses (71), 55 were semi-detached, and 6 were detached
houses; definite overcrowding was found in two families.
The percentage of families living in terrace houses shows a
further decline in 1936, during the past three years it has decreased
from 80.5 per cent. to 62.9 per cent. to 53.8 per cent. This is
almost entirely due to the increasing accommodation provided by
the Corporation in their new housing estates.
Economic Status.
The economic status of the families from whom patients were
examined was as follows:—
Poor in 9; average working class, 88; better working class,
19; clerical work, 12 ; and superior, 4.
The interior home conditions were classified as follows:—
Clean, 82; moderately clean, 39; superior, 9; unsatisfactory,
2; one of the families living in the last mentioned
unsatisfactory conditions has recently removed
to better housing accommodation.
BLIND. DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Full statistical details are given in Table III. of the Tables
required by the Board of Education.
Blind Children.
Six boys and 3 girls are resident at special schools for the blind.
The institutions which these children attend are as follows:—Royal
Normal College for the Blind, 5 boys; Chorley Wood Blind College,