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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Water Supply or Services improved or repaired | 15 | 17 |
| Dampness remedied | — | 153 |
| Damp-proof courses provided | — | 1 |
| Roofs repaired or renewed | 2 | 49 |
| Guttering and rain water pipes repaired or renewed | 1 | 64 |
| Paving repaired or renewed | — | 15 |
| Chimney stacks, sills, thresholds, brickwork, etc. repaired or renewed | — | 116 |
| Drainage repaired or renewed | 2 | 44 |
| Drains cleansed | — | 425 |
| Dustbins provided or renewed | 12 | 3 |
| Nuisances from accumulations abated | 34 | 21 |
| Nuisances from keeping of animals abated | — | — |
| Nuisances from smoke, dust or odours abated | 4 | 37 |
| Nuisances from noise abated | — | — |
| Defective equipment replaced | 29 | — |
| Handling or display of foodstuffs improved | 121 | 5 |
Standard Improvement Grants
The House Purchase and Housing Act, 1951, as amended
by the) Housing Act, 1961, provides for the payment of
grants of half the cost of installing the standard amenities,
subject to prescribed maxima and 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) an internal water closet and (e) satisfactory
facilities for storing food. During the year 25 applications
were received and 24 were approved. In an effort to stimulate
greater interest the Council authorised, as a pilot
scheme, the circularising of the landlords, owner/occupiers
and tenants of some three hundred of the older houses.
This was at the end of the year. There was a little reaction,
mostly favourable, from tenants and at the time of preparing
this report, well into 1963, one or two landlords appeared
to be preparing to undertake improvements, but progress
is very slow.
Rent Act, 1957—Certificates of Disrepair
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair and for the cancellation thereof were received and dealt with as set out below.
| No. of applications for certificates | 1 |
| No. of decisions not to issue certificates | 1 |
| No. of certificates issued | — |
| No. of undertakings given by landlords to remedy defects | 1 |