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DISINFECTANTS.—As heretofore, all the disinfectants used in the Public Health
Department were obtained through your Medical Officer of Health.
They are used for the following purposes:—
A. Deodorising and "denaturalising" condemned meat, disinfecting
public conveniences (urinals, &c.).
B. Disinfecting roadways, street gullies, &c.
C. Disinfecting premises, &c., after infectious disease, drain testing and
sundries.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST
(RESTRICTIONS) ACT, 1920.
Under the terms of the above-mentioned Act, if a tenant is required to pay
increased rental, he may, if he considers the premises are not in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation, or otherwise not in a reasonable state of repair, submit to
the County Court a report of the Sanitary Authority to prove that his application for
release from the increased rental is well founded, and for this purpose he may apply
to the Sanitary Authority for such certificate, for which a fee of Is. has to be paid.
In some areas this new requirement has probably thrown a considerable amount
of extra work on the Officers of the Sanitary Authority. In the City of London,
however, which has only a small resident population, I have only been called upon
once during 1920 to make an examination and submit a certificate under this Act.