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 Lambeth Borough]
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80
(4) Legal Proceedings
Summonses applied for 100
Nuisance Orders made by Magistrates 10
(5) Drainage
Plans examined 27
Examinations and Tests 734
(6) Complaints
Dealt with during year 3,414
(7) Land Charges Act. 1925
Enquiries dealt with 4,773
(8) Rent Act. 1957
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair 4
1. Number of applications for certificates during 1967 Nil
Applications carried forward to 1968 Nil
2. Decisions not to issue Certificates Nil
Undertakings on Form K accepted 2
3. Decisions to issue Certificates
(a) in respect of some, but not all defects 3
(b) in respect of all defects 1
4. Undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule 2
5. Undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule Nil
6. Certificates issued 2
Applications for Cancellations of Certificates
7. Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation
of Certificates 4
8. Objections by tenants to cancellation of Certificates 3
9. Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants
objections Nil
10. Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 1
(9) Improvements effected as a result of Service of Notices under the
Public Health Acts, 1936 and 1961
1. Brickwork — walls repaired or rebuilt 22
2. Drains cleared, repaired, etc. 163
3. Dampness remedied 428
4. Fireplaces and ranges repaired/renewed 18