[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Re-conditioning and Modernisation of Existing Houses (Continued) STANDARD GRANTS (Continued) Amenities provided - Fixed baths or showers Wash basins Hot water supplies .. .. . Water Closets Sinks oo OO OO OO OO •• 04 Grants paid above but including higher limit -No. of dwellings Additional work - Bathrooms added Piped water supplies Septic tanks oo oo oo oo oo o# »< 37 39 38 32 15 16 6 0 11 Twenty years of active house improvement in Liskeard Rural District is now beginning to pay dividends0 The properties in the villages in this district are now showing a scene of good maintenance and with a new life that the provision of amenities has given them. In addition to improving the dwellings internally the policy of the active administration of improvement grants has resulted in preserving so many dwellings, which if demolished would have destroyed the very character of the villages themselves. The Council has continued with the working of the Housing Act 1969 in the same spirit that it started as far back as 19h9 when the Housing Act of that year introduced the Discretionary Improvement Grant system. The power now to give help with certain repairs, such as the renewal of roofs, along with improvements has proved very useful. The Council continued its policy of purchasing and modernising dwellings which owners were not prepared to do themselves. In 1970 nine cottages were purchased and were improved. The dwellings after improvement were placed on the Council's Housing stock for normal lettings. Slum Clearance With the ever increasing value of even derelict cottages in the rural district, slum clearance procedure, which regularly was being used up to about six years ago, has now come to a halt. Whenever any of these unfit dwellings become vacant they are being purchased and re-conditioning schemes are submitted before any action can be taken. In many cases the cost of roHxndi tinning is in my view uneconomic but such is the demand for rural dwellings that people are prepared to do just about anything to retain them. The action taken in 1970 is as followsj- Unfit houses made fit 56 Unfit houses closed Persons displaced Families displaced Number of houses demolished Swimming Pools At the time of writing this report, six swimming pools are in operation in the district mainly on Camping Sites. These all have automatic filtration and cholorination installed. In each case samples are taken for bacteriologi¬ cal examination and a check is made on the residual chlorine content.