[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Ulverston U.D.C.

  • Ulverston (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Ulverston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT HOUSING Reference was naclo in last year’s annual report to the comparatively few applications for improvement grants which had been received at that tine since 75% grants were available. As a consequence, an appeal was made to several landlords to take advantage of the grants and which it was hoped would ultimately result in whole terraces or even streets being improved to a similar standard. The response was good but because local builders are fully engaged with commitments already accepted delays are being experienced in the submission of plans and estimates. This can be illustrated by the fact that of the 87 applications which were made in 1972 for improvement grants 33 of these are still waiting for builders' estimates etc., and consequently cannot yet bo approved. although 41 ,grant aided improvements were completed during the year this figure also includes grants approved in the previous year and is a further illustration of the delay being experienced in house improvement and which is outside the Council’s control. It would now appear to bo more than likely that some of the grants will not be completed within 12 months of approval and nay be not even completed before June 1974 so as to qualify for 75% grant aid. As the delays being experienced are largely brought about by an attom.pt to improve as many houses in the area as possible, and thereby overloading the capacity of the building industry an extension of the higher grant aid for grants approved, prior to this date, would seen to be justified. As opposed to house improvement, further progress was made in clearing houses which wore sub-standard and unsuitable for improvement, and Compulsory Purchase Orders have been made in respect of properties in Hill Fall. There are 24 houses, seven are owned by the Council, in this area to be cleared, although only 15 are now occupied for habitation purposes. The Order also includes two garages, a garage with workshop above and a disused workshop and store. This area is an extension to the Tyson Square area, where the remaining six houses were demolished early in the year, and would be the largest are,a in the town left from the original slum clearance proposals. Four unfit houses, previously purchased by the Council were demolished in Union Place and two other unfit houses were also demolished in Star Street the latter being in conjunction with improvements carried out to an adjacent house. -19-
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