[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Lancaster R.D.C.

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

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    2. Improvement of Houses The responsibility for this function was Transferred to the Engineers Department in July, 1972, and therefore is not included in this Report. Qualification Certificates — Housing Act, 1969 The number of Certificates issued during the year was as follows :— Certificates of Provisional Approval . 5 Qualification Certificates . 12 Qualification Certificates are issued to owners of tenanted properties upon application, and with the Council’s approval, in respect of houses which either already have the standard amenities, i.e.—bath, wash-hand basin, sink, hot and cold water supply to these and a W.C., and are in good repair having regard to their age, or where the owner is about to provide the dwelling with these amenities. The Qualification Certificate certifies that a dwelling satisfies these conditions. Upon receipt of a Qualification Certificate, the owner of a dwelling can then approach the Rent Officer who will then fix a fair rent for the property. This procedure is a means of converting a “Controlled Tenancy” which was controlled by the 1957 Rent Act to a “Regulated Tenancy” so that suitable tenanted houses can have the rents fixed at a realistic level by the Rents Officer. Housing General. It is estimated that there are now within the District approxi¬ mately 6,446 inhabited dwellings compared with 6,379 at the end of 1971. Of these, there are 4,446 or thereabouts which have been built since the Great War, practically all of which are equipped with modem amenities such as bathrooms, hot water supplies and internal W.C.s Of the remaining 2,000 dwellings, it is estimated that there are now approximately 260 dwellings without these amenities. These latter are almost all stone built with the exception of the greater part of Millhead in the Parish of Warton and certain houses comprising part of Main Road, Galgate in the Parish of Ellel, which are brick built, so that it can be stated that they are almost all substantial buildings, well worthy of improvement.