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Dealt with during year 5,533
Outstanding (At end of 1969) 53
LAND CHARGES ENQUIRIES
Enquiries received 5,203
Properties involved 5,947
Investigations 5,947
RENT ACT, 1957 - APPLICATIONS
1. Certificates of Disrepair
(i) Applications for certificates during 1969 2
Brought forward from 1968 1
Carried forward to 1970 —
Total applications receiving attention 1969 3
(ii) Decisions not to issue certificates —
Undertakings on Form 'K' accepted —
(iii) Decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 3
(b) in respect of all defects —
(iv) Undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule —
(v) Undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule —
(vi) Certificates issued where undertakings not accepted —
2. Cancellation of Certificates
(i) Applications by landlords for cancellation of certificates 2
Brought forward from 1968 —
Carried forward to 1970 1
Total applications receiving attention 1969 1
(ii) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates 1
(iii) Decisions to cancel in spite of tenant's objections —
(iv) Certificates cancelled —
P H. ACTS, 1936 - 1961, G.L.C. (G.P.) ACT, 1967
WORKS IN DEFAULT
Number of cases 286
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
Premises on register (Section 2, for Upholstery) 32
Samples taken 3
Samples satisfactory 3
WATER SUPPLY
The Metropolitan Water Board is the responsible authority for the supply of water in Islington. The
supply was satisfactory both as to quality and quantity. There were 55,000 dwellings in the Borough
supplied direct from mains serving the entire population of the Borough (235,990.) No houses were
permanently supplied by a stand-pipe and the Director of Water Examination, Metropolitan Water Board,
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