[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough.
- Godalming (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1967
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![can be paid to provide the remainder; there are few restiretions and in some cases it is possible for the Council or a Building Society to help with a generous loan towards that part of the cost to be borne by the owner. t Discretionary Grants are available for a wide range of more extensive forms of improvements, including the conversion or adaptation of larger houses and other buildings, and c.an include such items as the remedy of inherent structural defects, provision of adequate natural lighting and ventilation, provision of adequate natural lighting and ventilation, provision of adequate facilities for heating, adequate points for electric lighting, etc. The replacement of existing but obsolete, damaged or inefficient facilities or equipment does not normally rank for grant. Discretionary Grants, as the name implies, are given at the complete discretion of the Council; if the Council do not like the proposed scheme it can be turned down. If the scheme meets the Council’s requirements the grant can be as much as £400 for each dwelling produced - £500 if flats are produced by the conversion of a house of three or more storeys. Although improvement grants were first introduced as far back as 1949 they did not become readily available until 1953 end the original scheme was supplemented in 1959 by the simpler standard grant schemes. By the end of 1967 the total number of applications received and dealt with under one or other of the two schemes available was 539 The details of how these applications were dealt with are given in the following tables:- Improvements & Discretionary Grants (since 1953) Standard Grants (Since 1939) Number of applications received 328 211 Works Completed ... 239) 172 ) Works completed but since withdrawn and repaid Grant ) 38) 19] 255 ) 1 i 173 Applications withdrawn Applications refused 57 19 ) ’1 20 Y/orks in progress ... 13 8 Applications approved but not yet commenced ... 3 7 For Consideration ... - - TOTAL 328 211 The table refers to privately owned houses only. In 1964 the Council reviewed the position with regard to Council-owned houses and it was found that a considerable proportion lacked the five basic amenities. The Council resolved to install these basic amenities in all houses owned by them as soon as practicable, The original estimated number was 400 and by the end of 1966 all the houses lacking the amenities on the Ockford Ridge Estate (about 150 in all) had been improved to the required standard. On the Farncombe Council-owned estates there remain about 250 houses lacking the five basic amenities and work is in hand towards providing these houses with the amenities in the very near future. The Council have always encouraged landlords and owner/occupiers to take advantage of the generous financial aid available for house improvements and this policy has proved well worthwhile and resulted in over 500 applications being dealt with and 411 schemes completed. These numbers compare Very well with the number of houses improved under these schemes in neighbouring areas.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29260899_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
