Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Year. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Legal Proceedings. |
---|---|---|---|
1913 | 4,852 | 223 | 4 |
1914 | 3,980 | 280 | 13 |
1918 | 2,466 | 258 | 24 |
1919 | 4,780 | 405 | 60 |
1920 | 6,781 | 982 | 116 |
1921 | 8,032 | 1,701 | 117 |
1922 | 6,713 | 1,207 | 95 |
1923 | 6,553 | 1,376 | 42 |
1924 | 6,241 | 1,608 | 57 |
1925 | 5,822 | 1,580 | 51 |
1926 | 6,181 | 1,663 | 49 |
1927 | 5,828 | 1,675 | 65 |
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts, 1920 and 1923.
The number of certificates granted under the Increase of Rent
and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Acts during the year was 15. In
13 cases the work required on the notice was carried out without action
being taken. In the remaining cases the houses became unoccupied.
In two cases certificates were applied for but not granted, as the necessary
work was found to have been done before the certificates could be
issued. Under Section 5 of the Rent and Mortgage Interest
(Restriction) Act, 1923, it is not now necessary for the tenant to take
proceedings at the County Court, but a copy of the certificate must be
served on the landlord, who may, if the work is completed satisfactorily,
obtain a certificate to this effect from the Sanitary Authority
on payment of one shilling.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904.
During the year attention was drawn by the Medical Officer
(Education) of the London County Council to 99 homes in the
Borough from which children were attending school in a verminous
condition, asking that steps be taken to deal with them under the above
Act. These homes were inspected, with the following results :—