[Report 1961-1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Market Drayton R.D.C.

  • Market Drayton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1961-1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Market Drayton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that further effort to obtain the results on a voluntary basis, should be made. Local Authorities are put under a duty to arrange for an inspection of their areas, with a view to identifying special areas that may be suitable for a comprehensive improvement area, and where they are clearly defined, this has the effect of applying their powers to compel improvements of tenanted houses within those areas, the carrying out of such schemes would, of course, entail a considerable burden on the Surveyors department and it may, at the present time, be beyond the resources available. Under part III of the ^ct, changes of improvement grant provisions occur including provision for a reduction from ten years to three years in the period during which rent and other conditions attached to a house improved with grant aid. Also, the existing limit of £155 in respect of standard grant is retained, but a higher limit of up to £350 is authorised in certain defined circumstances, such as the provision of pipe miter being brought into the dwelling for the first time or the extension of a building to provide for a bathroom where it is not otherwise reasonably practical, the provision of assistance towards a septic tank where the same is not already available. The number of Class III properties within the district is 575 and Class IV properties, 54. Erection of New Homes The balance sheet of dwellings cannot be made without reference to building of new homes, both by private enterprise and by the Council. The Council erected 15 homes during the year for slum clearance, with 6 bungalows in course of erection at Kenrick Close, Woore, and private enterprise a matter of 23 new houses with 9 in course of erection. One dwelling was lost by the conversion of two into one and one house was gained by conversion of a stable. The number of Post War houses erected from 1st April 1945 to 31st December, 1964 by the Council and by Private Enterprise is 275 and 172 respectively, whilst 18 are envisaged for slum clearance replace¬ ments for 1965. - 6 bungalows at Kenrick Close, Woore, 6 houses and 6 bungalows at St. Michael's ’Way, Childs Ercall. There were no Council houses sold during the year and the number of applicants on the Housing List at the end of the year was 121. HOUSING SUMMARY Parish Class 1 Class II Class III Class IV Adderley 33 19 11 — Norton in Hales 51 56 18 7 Woore 112 80 54 3 button on Tern 33 50 52 4 Cheswardine 122 77 33 9 Ilinstock 63 66 83 6 Childs Ercall 57 44 22 3 Stoke on Tern 79 69 69 7 Ilodnet 159 137 144 13 Ightfield 52 58 35 — Moreton Saye 42 68 54 2 803 724 _ 575 54 Total number of houses classified - 2156
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