[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.
- Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR’S REPORT For the Year ended 31st December, 1955. Mr. Chairman, Miss Brookes, and Gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting my twenty-third Annual Report for the year 1955. Despite the fact that the Housing (Repairs and Rents) Act, 1954, came into operation in September, 1954, only t hree applications were received for grant, in each case by the owner/occupier. Several enquiries have been made for Improvement Grants for tenanted properties, which, if carried out, would have been a considerable sanitary improvement, but in each case the tenants refused to agree to pay the increased rent, therefore the applications were not proceeded with. Two applications were received for Certificates of Dis- repair, which were granted, and they were still in operation at the end of the year. It would appear that the operation of the act of 1954 has been a failure, insofar as its application to increased rents and im])rovements. Great difficulty is still being experienced in getting work done to comply with Abatement Notices, due to the fact that the nett rent income is so small and will not cover works of essential repair, particularly in those cases where the property has passed on to the present owner as a result of a legacy without any finances. The Council have continued to carry out their policy of ])roviding homes for the people, 56 houses being erected. This is a reduction of 16 on the jwevious year. Private enterprise erected 106 houses. Due to increased building costs, the rents of Council houses have continued to increase, but, despite this fact, applications for the tenancies thereof do not seem to diminish. The Council have also continued to loan substantial sums of money to prospective purchasers of both old and new houses, under the Housing Act, 1949, and still continue their policy of offering and selling houses erected by them pre-19v39 to the tenants. Up to the end of 1955, 34 were sold.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2887609x_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
