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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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I submit a table below giving the reader a slight idea of the considerable amount of useful work that has been carried out by these officers:—
| Road. | Inspections | Re-inspections | Preliminary Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Statutory Dust-bin Notices. | Sec. 28 H .&T.P. Act 1919 Notices. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridport Road | 17 | 404 | 71 | - | - | 17 |
| St. Mary's Road | (1919) | 463 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 10 |
| St. Mary's Gardens | (19I9) | 194 | 2 | 24 | 17 | — |
| Bounces Road | 178 | 314 | 162 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Graham Road | 54 | 133 | 50 | — | — | — |
| Cumberland Road | 21 | 47 | 22 | — | — | — |
| Goodwin Road | 48 | 112 | 43 | 1 | — | — |
| Warley Road | 6 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Walbrook Road | 6 | 12 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Little Bury Street | 32 | (1921) | 18 | — | — | — |
| Second Avenue | 16 | 33 | 16 | — | — | — |
| West Street | 11 | - | — | — | — | 2 |
| Brettenham Road | 10 | 57 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Dysons Road | 55 | l6 | 14 | — | — | — |
| Ladysmith Road | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | — | — |
| Kimberley Road | 127 | 269 | 100 | 100 | — | — |
| Crescent Cottages | (1919) | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| Anns Place | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 601 | 2115 | 571 | 150 | 30 | 31 |
Defects found 1748 Defects remedied 2366
Sundry visits (other than inspections) 246
HOUSING AFTER THE WAR.
In August, the Minister of Health (Dr. Addison) stated in the House of
Commons that the capital sum required to make good the shortage of houses in
the United Kingdom will amount to approximately £120,000,000 a year. He
also stated that housing in Scotland and Ireland does not come within the
purview of his department, but in England and Wales the total estimated need,
as disclosed by surveys made by Local Authorities in pursuance of Section I.
of the Housing Act, 1919, amounted in round figures to 800,000 houses, taking
account of replacements of existing unsatisfactory houses.
At the time of writing (July) no one can help reading this paragraph with
a sad smile in view of a recent statement by his successor, Sir A. Mond, from
which it appears that England and Wales will be lucky if more than 176,000
houses are erected and inhabited before 1923. He stated that the loss to the
State on each house erected by Local Authorities would be about £60 a year
and in terms of 300,000 houses this meant a loss to the State and a burden
on the tax-payer of something approaching 18 million sterling a year. In
addition, a grant of 15 millions had been voted for a subsidy to private builders.