[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ()l Tlie payment of Development Cliargcs for llic improvement of dwellings by adding fur¬ ther accommodation is likely to be a deterrent and it is hoped that lids will be considered by the responsible Authorities as it reacts unfavourably on the work of I’ublic Ifealth Officials in their emleavours to provitle better living conditions. The subsidy offered by tbe Housing Act, V.hV.) will help to bridge the gap between the economic rent and the rent paying caj)acity of the tenant and it is hojied that many owners will avail themselves of this o])])ortuidty to improve their dwell¬ ings. The attitude to elderly owners and owner occupiei'S who own pro|)erty of a sid)-staudard type considered suitable for reconditioning shmdd be symjiathetic and any loans that can be made available by the Local Authority to assist them ajairt from the grant shoidd be divulgcul and thus ease the worry which many with oidy slender means are bound to experience. Low rents and high cost of repairs have undoubtedly been retarding facdors in works of imj)rovement. With this new le£islation it is hoped that the position will be somewhat eased.