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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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| Number of houses made fit after service of formal notices (Sections 9 and 16):— | |
| (a) by owners | 0 |
| (b) by local authority in default of owners | 2 |
Rent Act, 1957—Certificates of Disrepair
This Act came into operation on the 6th July, 1957, and
replaced the provisions of the Housing Repairs and Rents
Act, 1954, with regard to certificates of disrepair.
No applications for certificates of disrepair were received
under the old Act but two applications, one of which was
refused, were received for the revocation of certificates of
disrepair.
Under the new Act the following applications were received and dealt with as shown:—
| No. of applications for certificates | 35 |
| No. of decisions not to issue certificates | 13 |
| No. of certificates issued | 17 |
| No. of undertakings given by landlords to remedy defects | 13 |
| No. of undertakings refused by local authority | 0 |
| No. of applications for cancellation of certificates | 0 |
Overcrowding
Little statutory overcrowding came to the notice of the
department. Such cases as were found were reported to the
Public Health Committee and where considered necessary
were referred to the Housing Committee for special consideration
in connection with the provision of housing
accommodation.
Moveable Dwellings
Public Health control of moveable dwellings in the area
is effected by means of Section 345 of the Middlesex County
Council Act, 1944 as amended by the 1950 Act and by byelaws.
The consent of the Council is required to the placing
or keeping of any moveable dwelling used or intended to be
used as the sole or principal means of habitation for more
than three months in any year. During the year 6 applications