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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
Wood Green 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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SANITARY SERVICES
| Inspections | |
|---|---|
| Public Health Act, 1936 | 1,049 |
| Housing Act, 1936 | 203 |
| Rag Flock and Other Pilling Material Act, 1951 | 6 |
| Pet Animals Act, 1951 | 7 |
| Factories and Outworkers | 208 |
| Food Preparing Premises | 351 |
| General Food Premises | 711 |
| Shops Act, 1950 | 116 |
| Smoke Observations | 143 |
| Unsound Food | 115 |
| Complaints investigated | 519 |
| Interviews with owners, etc. | 138 |
| Revisits to property under notice | 1,519 |
| Infectious Diseases Cases | 48 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 |
| Special enquiries in connection with infectious disease cases | 302 |
| Aged and infirm persons | 25 |
| Pests Act | 540 |
| Clean Air Act | 147 |
| Miscellaneous | 312 |
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1951
Certificates of Disrepair - Granted 3 Rejected 1
Revocation of Certificates of
Disrepair - Revoked 2 Rejected 3
1 Certificate revoked by County Court
Number of visits made in connection with above 14
Rent Act 1957.
The Rent Act 1957 came into operation in July 1957. It was
introduced to amend certain other enactments, including the Housing
Repairs and Rents Act. 1954, relating to the control of rents, the
right to retain possession of dwellings, to provide a minimum
length fornotice to terminate residential lettings and to enable
rented houses and flats to be put and kept in repair. It is this
latter part of the Act with which we have principally to deal.
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair began to come in during August. The procedure for dealing with these applications under the Act is more complicated than under the previous enactments and entails considerably increased work in the Department, both for the inspectorate and for the clerical staff.
| Number of Applications for Certificates of Disrepair (Form I) | 147 |
| Number of Proposals to Issue Certificates of Disrepair (Form J) | 107 |
| Number of Certificates of Disrepair issued (Form L) | 25 |
| Number of Applications for Certificates of Disrepair rej ected | 1 |
| Number of Certificates of Disrepair cancelled | 4 |
| Number of Applications for Cancellation rejected | 1 |
| Number of visits made in connection with above | 176 |