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During the year, 14 premature infants were born in the district.
Born at home 12
Nursed entirely at home 10
Died during first 24 hours Nil
Alive at end of one month 12
Born in Maternity Home 2
Died during first 24 hours Nil
Alive at end of one month 2
Home and Domestic Helps.
Part-time Home Helps are employed in connection with maternity cases
and during the year their services were provided in 28 cases, compared with 14
cases during 1945.
Domestic Helps were provided in two cases on account of illness in the
families concerned.
HOUSING.
There were no houses or flats erected during the year.
Fifty houses were converted into 147 flats.
1. Inspection of dwellinghouses during the year :—
(1) (a) Total number of dwellings inspected for housing defects
(under Public Health or Housing Acts) 966
(b) Number of inspections made for the purposes 1,020
(2) (a) Number of dwellinghouses (included in sub-head (1)
above) which were inspected and recorded under the
Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 and 1932 1
(3) Number of dwellinghouses (exclusive of those referred to under
the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 936
2. Remedy of defects without service of formal notices :—
Number of defective dwellinghouses rendered fit in consequence of
informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ... ... 888
3. Action under Statutory Powers :—
(a) Proceedings under Section 9 of Housing Act, 1936 Nil
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts
(1) Number of dwellinghouses in respect of which notices were
served requiring defects to be remedied 48
(2) Number of dwellinghouses in which defects were remedied
after service of formal notices :—
(a) by Owners 40
(b) by Local Authority in default of Owners 8
4. Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding :—
The absence of the building of houses and flats during the war years, the
destruction of and major damage to houses by enemy action and the natural
increase in families, has accentuated the amount of overcrowding in the district.
The Housing Officer reports that 150 families living in overcrowded and unsatisfactory
conditions were re-housed during the year.