[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C.
- Dorking (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorking U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HOUSING Once again, much of the Department’s time and resources were devoted to implementing the Council’s policy decisions on housing, based on my report to them in April 1970. Unfit and sub-standard housing was identified and treated in the manner detailed below. The involvement of owner-occupied dwellings in areas of general unfitness gave rise to increasing concern and emphasised the need for forward planning in dealing with such areas to minimise the impact upon owner- occupiers. House improvement continued at an increasing rate and set a new level for the District, being some 33 % up on the previous year. The provisions of the White Paper ‘Fair Deal for Housing’ reported to you in 1971 was implemented this year by the Housing Finance Act, 1972. Its main effect upon the Committee’s housing function will be to encourage owners of tenanted houses to retain them for rental and provide a better standard of maintenance and repair. The Act programmes the transfer of all ‘controlled tenancies’ into ‘regulated tenancies’ bringing them into the ‘fair-rent’ scheme; this should see the phasing out of the qualification certificate procedure. (A) CLEARANCE OF UNFIT HOUSES The three unfit houses demolished during the year were as a result of Demo- lition Orders made in the previous year. Fourteen houses have been included in two small Clearance Areas. [B] DETAILS OF NOTICES AND ORDERS Outstanding Served Complied with Outstanding 31.12.1971 1972 1972 31.12.1972 PRELIMINARY Housing Acts Disrepair Disrepair (Qualification Certificates) Houses in Multiple Occupation Compulsory Improvements Overcrowding Public Health Acts Disrepair Drainage Other STATUTORY Housing Acts Disrepair Demolition Orders Closing Orders/Undertakings Multiple Occupation Compulsory Improvements Overcrowding 8 27 2 8 1 6 5 11 1 7 5 1 2 5 1 14 2 3 2 10 18 5 13 2 2 5 3 3 1 2 2 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29165179_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
