[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1958
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    The total number of applicants for Council houses as at the 31st December, 1958, was 9,729, which Is more than 900 less than a year ago. It is anticipated that the housing programme for 1959, plus those already under construction, will provide over 3,000 houses. Only 21 Council houses were purchased by tenants during the year. Information concerning Clearance Areas, unfit properties, etc. is provided in the following table: — F Action during year Rent Act, 1957 Clearance Areas Houses demol¬ ished Temp¬ orary dwell- Houses declar¬ ed unfi t Unfit hcMb«es occupl- House s includ- House 8 d emol- ished under Section 42 of Housing Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair ed in Cleai^- ance Areas; Orders stiU to be made under Section 17 of Housing Act, 1957 ings demol¬ ished under Section 9 of Housing Act, 1957 ed under licence Number of ap- plica-' tlons received Number of Cer¬ tificate 8 issued •Boroughs and 701 145 146 1 155 7 106 68 Urbans Rurals 62 44 210 41 184 4 43 17 Totals 763 189 356 42 339 11 149 85 IMP ROVEMENT GRANTS. The number Of applications for grant aid under the Housing Acts, 1949 to 1957, was 586, of which 505 were approved. The Improvement Grant Scheme does offer considerable assis¬ tance to many landlords and others who, but for this grant, would be un¬ able to carry out improvements. It is therefore surprising that more peo¬ ple are not taking advantage of these facilities.