[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

  • Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOUSING. 1. Sanitary District 2. New Houses erected during 1914 .. 3. Number of Houses inspected during 1913, under the Housing Act, 1909. (This must NOT include re - inspections of houses previously inspected) .. 4. Results of inspections of the fresh houses inspected during 1914, classified as follows: (a) Number reported as unfit for human habitation (b) Number defective, but with defects not sufficient to report as unfit for habitation.. (c) Number without recorded sanitary defects Note—(a), (b) and (c) must, of course, add up to the figures given in (3). 5. Action taken and results in regard to houses reportrd as unfit during 1913 and 1914, as follows: Number so reported Closing Order made Made fit without a Closing Order Still unfit, but no Closing Order made Demolished Put in repair after Closing Order.. Still closed at end of 1914 6. Action taken with regard to defective houses, but not sufficient to report as unfit, as follows : Number so examined Number with the defects remedied by the end of 1914 Number still defective at end of 1914 Number not yet visited to ascertain if defects are remedied 7. Cases of overcrowding dealt with during the year 8. Parishes in which there is evidence of short- age of houses, and steps taken to remedy.. Axbridge 55 197 14 71 112 For houses reported during- 19‘3 11 11 none none 2 1914 14 14 none none none 4 none 5 4 For houses first examined during *913 63 44 13 1914 71 48 23 6 none 2 Most parishes require some new cottages to replace old, comfortless ones. Twelve cottages are completed at Wins- combe and six at Sand- ford. This will, it is thought, obviate the necessity of building cottages at Shipham, the adjoining village, for the present, as the work lies chiefly at Winscombe.