[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, East Retford.

  • East Retford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, East Retford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    33/46 (page 31)
    Of the 39 grants approved during the year 13 (33.33%) were in respect of dwellings which were let or intended to be let. Of the 31 schemes which were certified as complete during the year 11 (35.48%) were in respect of dwellings which were let or intended to be let. STANDARD GRANTS 1 No. of applications for grant received 46 2 No. of applications approved 42 3 No. of applications rejected 3 4 No. of applications referred back for revision 1 5 No. of schemes certified complete 36 6 Average grant in respect of Schemes completed in (5) above /124. 7. 3. (£129.14. 6. in 1966) Of the 42 grants approved during the year, 19 (45.24%) were in respect of dwellings which were let or intended to be let. Of the 36 schemes which were completed during the year, 10 (27.78 per cent) were in respect of dwellings which were let or intended to be let. Housing [Financial Provisions] Act No applications for subsidy in respect of agricultural workers’ dwell- ings has been approved. Four applications for loan to build new houses or acquire existing houses were also approved. THE CARAVAN SITES & CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT ACT 1960 The Council has up to the end of the year issued the following licences subject to compliance with the required standards: Permanent Residential: 16 providing accommodation for 292 caravans Holiday: 4 providing accommodation for 325 caravans Individual: 57 Licensed sites are for the most part well maintained and kept in good order by the respective licencees. One site, sub-standard to the others houses a number of families, who are not in themselves all they might be. The condition of the site continues to cause concern to this Depart- ment, and the conditions of the occupiers concern to the Health Visitor, and various Welfare Departments. No doubt consideration will have to be given to enforcement action in the near future unless things improve. Gypsies and other itinerant travellers come into the District occasion- ally, leaving behind them the usual mess to be cleaned up. On the whole, however, the problem is only a minor one to date. It may be that some time in the future a site will have to be provided onto which this class of caravan dweller can be directed.