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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
Hayes and Harlington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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Improvement Grants.
There was a marked increase of interest in Improvement
Grants towards the end of the year coinciding with the
introduction into Parliament of the House Purchase and
Housing Bill. This Bill makes provision for a new kind of
grant for improvements, to be known as a Standard Grant,
and which it is proposed will be available as a right
for certain specified improvements
Only one application for a grant was received and this
was approved in principle and detailed specifications,
drawings and estimates invited.
Certificates of Disrepair.
The following action was taken under the Rent Act 1957 in connection with Certificates of Disrepair:-
| Applications for Certificates of Disrepair | 85 |
| Applications for Certificates of Disrepair not granted | 3 |
| Landlords notified of proposals to issue a Certificate of Disrepair (Form J) | 79 |
| Undertakings given by landlords to remedy defects (Form K) | 54 |
| Undertakings by landlords not accepted | 3 |
| Certificates of Disrepair issued | 32 |
| Applications for cancellation of Certificate of Disrepair granted | 10 |
| Applications for cancellation of Certificate of Disrepair refused | 6 |
| Certificates as to remedying of defects issued to landlords or tenants | 50 |
Moveable Dwellings.
In 1957 the Council provided a first class site for
95 caravans, which were mainly transferred from unauthorised
sites in the district. As a result only two unauthorised
sites remain and in one instance proposals for improvements
have been submitted which will bring the site up to the
standards required by the Middlesex County Council Act.
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