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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Feltham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Food Premises | Dwellings and Elsewhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Rooms or contents cleansed | 192 | 103 |
| Sanitary accommodation cleansed | 6 | 19 |
| Walls or ceilings repaired | 42 | 160 |
| Floors repaired or improved | 21 | 143 |
| Windows, doors or woodwork repaired | 13 | 235 |
| Stoves, grates etc., repaired | 4 | 27 |
| Ventilation improved | 4 | 14 |
| Lighting improved | 1 | 8 |
| Food Stores provided or improved | 3 | 19 |
| Sanitary accommodation repaired or improved | 39 | 103 |
| Washing facilities provided or improved | 45 | 5 |
| Water Supply or Services improved or repaired | 14 | 5 |
| Dampness remedied | — | 85 |
| Damp-proof courses provided | — | 31 |
| Roofs repaired or renewed | 3 | 48 |
| Guttering and rain water pipes repaired or renewed | - | 50 |
| Paving repaired or renewed | 2 | 18 |
| Chimney stacks, sills, thresholds, brickwork etc. repaired or renewed | 131 | |
| Drainage repaired or renewed | 6 | 37 |
| Drains cleansed | 9 | 482 |
| Dustbins provided or renewed | 12 | 1 |
| Nuisances from accumulations abated | 41 | 21 |
| Nuisances from keeping of animals abated | 2 | 2 |
| Nuisances from smoke, dust or odours abated | 2 | 17 |
| Nuisances from noise abated | — | 5 |
| Defective equipment replaced Handling or display of foodstuffs improved | 81 118 | 4 6 |
House Purchase and Housing Act, 1959—
Standard Improvement Grants
This Act which came into operation in 1959 provides
for the payment of grants of half the cost of providing
standard amenities, subject to prescribed maxima, depending
upon the amenities already existing.
The standard amenities are (a) a fixed bath or shower in
a bathroom; (b) a wash-hand basin; (c) a hot water supply;
(d) a water closet in or contiguous to the dwelling; and
(e) satisfactory facilities for storing food.
Fifty-six applications were received and forty-eight had
been approved by the end of the year. The majority of
the applications were from owner/occupiers and only a
very small number from landlords. This is a pity. Repairs
carried out under the Housing Act do not of themselves
make an older house satisfactory, even if fit for human
habitation and most tenants desire to have additional
amenities. The standard improvement grants do offer a
means of providing these amenities at a minimum cost and
one would have thought that more landlords would have
found them sufficiently attractive.
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