Room for Improvement

Synopsis: CITY WATCH is a series of six films about Birmingham’s Environmental Services Department. Each film follows an individual or a group of environmental health officers and other officials on a ‘typical’ day as they try to protect the people of Birmingham from diseases, filth, fraud and unscrupulous landlords. They are responsible for food hygiene & infectious diseases, health and safety, environmental protection, coroner’s services, veterinary services, waste disposal, fraud and special investigation, motor vehicle investigation and fair trading. Here, the Housing Action Team look at some of the problems of houses with multiple occupation and talk to both tenants and landlords. Multiple occupation includes guest houses, bed and breakfast hotels, hostels, registered care homes and groups of students living in one house. Environmental health officers have powers to enter properties and require improvements.
Series: City Watch, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1989
Availability: out of distribution; 1993 sale: £20.00 each; £80.00 set (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Environmental science
Keywords: environmental health; housing; local government

Name: Carlton UK Television Ltd
Web: http://www.carlton.com External site opens in new window
Phone: 0115 986 3322
Fax: 0115 964 5202
Address: Video Resources Unit
East Midlands TV Centre
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NA

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