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CERTIFICATES OF ESSENTIALITY AND
BUILDING LICENCES.
The procedure for dealing with applications for certificates
of essentiality has continued throughout the year with
the exception of a period following upon the commencement
of the flying-bomb attack when, on instructions from the
Minister of Health, the issue of such certificates was
temporarily suspended.
On the 3rd October, Defence Regulation 56A—S.R. &
0. 1944, No. 1112, came into operation. This Order reduced
the limit of expenditure from £100 to £10, above which
building work must not be carried out without consent.
Applications for works costing more than £100 continued
to follow the existing procedure, but below this amount
applications are dealt with by the local authority.
The Sanitary Inspectors in their respective districts
investigate and report upon the applications and follow up
where licences are issued to see that the terms of the licence
are complied with. Much unessential work has been prevented
as a result of these investigations.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (WAR
DAMAGE) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1941.
Applications for certificates of fitness for housing purposes
are dealt with by the Senior Sanitary Inspector. Fourteen
applications were received and nine certificates have been
issued during the year. The small number of applications
received is evidence of the large amount of agreement which
has been arrived at between tenants and landlords without
recourse to the courts.
EXHUMATION AND RE-INTERMENT OF
BODIES.
During the year three Licences were granted by the
Secretary of State for the exhumation and removal of
bodies from graves in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery,
Harrow Road.