[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough.

  • Calne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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    SEWERAGE ARE SE¥/AGE DISPOSAL 10 S am-pl e ( cont inue d,) Dissolved Oxygen ADsorDed after 5 le-ys inciiDation (B,0.D.) = 20 Impurity Figure 11 Stability test: No change vhen incuhated at hlood heat 48 hours. REFUSE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL. All refuse is collected meekly hy direct lahour and although increasing demands are heing made, the service has keen satisfactorily maintained. During the year, am extensive campaign was initiated to improve the storage arrangements for domestic refuse. Each- house w^^thin the Borough v/as visited and over 2,000 inspections were carried out. An informal notice was sent to the occupier of each house where either an unsatisfactory or defective dusfbin v:as found. It is satisfactory to report that nearly 450 new bins v;ere provided. It is proposed to inspect hins at regular intervals to ensure that the high standard at present achieved is maintained. The cost of refuse disposal and collection was sho\m to he 9,2.80 d. per pound included in the rate demand for the year under review, HOUSING. The scheme for the proposed clearance area for Bollings Lane was finalised, and an order for the Compulsory Purchase of land in and around the area was signed hy the Tovi/n Council on the 8th. June, 1959. The number of occupied dwellings was 14 and on the specified day the number of inhabitants to be rehoused v;as 32-, At the time of -i.rriting this report, no decision of the Minister of Housing and Local Government has been received. The follujing table is compiled from the returns made to the Minister of Housing & Local Government, Houses Demolished, Nil Individual Houses demolished Nil Houses Closed., Nil Houses in v/hich defects were remedied by informal action, 4 Certificates of Disrena.ir (Rent Act, 1957) No applications were received for certificates of disrepair or for any other certificates prescribed by the Act, Im-prover.ent Grants. The number of discretionary and st'^ndard improvement grants mads under the Housing Acts 1949 ►^59 luring the year vias six. Details are given below, Imurovemient Grants (Discretionary) No,l amount of grant £ 210. Standard Grants, No,5 Total amount of grants £495