[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Cosford (Union) R.D.C.
- Cosford (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1959
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Cosford (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![175? Nedging-with MS -Naughton 96 14 - - - - 14 Polstead Preston St, 203 38 28 28 •• 10 19^ Mary 69 6 4 4 - 2 Semer 59 - - - - - - - Thorpe Morieux 91 14 8 8 6 15?^ Wattisham 42 2 - - - 2 laliatfield 84 39 20 20 - 19 46^ 3,355 635 404 4 400 4 1 227 ^1% Private houses built post-war Total 1959 1946 - 1958 155 7 1^ It is the policy of the Housing Conirittee to bring all pre-x?ar houses that are lacking in amenities up to standard as quickly as possible a,nd plans and specifications are being prepared by the Surveyor’s Department to enable tenders to be obtained for the carrying out of this work* In many cases the work will also involve the construction of sewage disposal works* It will be necessaiy at some sites to obtain additional land for siting the disposal works and this may cause delays in the carrying out of some schemes. Tenders were accepted during the year for the provision of bathroonsand drainage to 4 houses at Hadleigh Road, Nedging-wath-Naughton and to 8 houses at Hall Road, Brent Elei^* The latter improvements will also require the construction of a new sewage disposal TiTorks* Electricity became available to 4 houses at Highlands Road, Monks E].eigh and a tender was accepted for wiring these dwellings. During the year earth closets were converted to water closets at the follov^ring Council houses 4 houses at The Street, Whatfield. 2 houses at Powney Street, Milden. 2 houses at Rands Road, Layham. (b) Discretionaery Imiorovemeiit Grants. The Council encouraged the submission of applications for improvement grants as in past yeai’s. Grants amounting to £10,434 were approved in respect of 35 dwellings* Since the inception of improvement grants in 1949 the Council have authorised grants amounting to £46,239 in respect of 191 dwellings. (c) Standard Improvement Grants* These grants were introduced in June 1959 and already by the end of the year the Council had authorised the making of standard im- provement grants in respect of 34 dwellings, amounting to £4,665« Assistance to bring dvrellings up to modem standards has therefore been authorised in a total of 225 cases which represents nearly 1% of the total houses in the Rural District. (d) Loans. The Council approved loans under the provisions of the Small Dwellings /u)quisition Act and the Housing Act to enable persons to purchase houses for their own occupation. Loans vrere also advanced to enable dwelling to be improved and repaired* Loans v/ere authorised in a total of IO cases (Bildeston 1; Kersey 1; Hitcham 1 j Lindsey 2; Lavonham 3; Polstead 1 and Vilhatfield 1)* (e) Subsidies. The Council recommended and the Ministiy of Housing and Local Government approved the granting of subsidies to assist in the building of dv;ellings for agricultural workers by private enterprise, there being 1 case at Nedging-v/ith- Naughton and 1 at Semer. -13-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29124062_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
