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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
Lambeth 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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The Inspection of Houses where Qualification Certificates
are applied for Housing Act 1969
Part III
This work has increased considerably and a by-product of this has been the
lepair and improvement of many houses.
Improvement Cases
| No. of applications for qualification certificates Section 44(2) | 232 |
| No. of certificates of provisional approval issued | 160 |
| No. of qualification certificates issued under Section 46(3) | 52 |
| Standard Amenities Already Provided | |
| No. of applications for qualification certificate Section 44(1) | 2,598 |
| No. of qualification certificates issued under Section 45(2) in respect of | |
| 1. dwellings with rateable value of £90 or more | 452 |
| 2. dwellings with rateable value of £60 or less than £90 | 136 |
| 3. dwellings with rateable value of less than £60 | 1 |
| Exemption for Low Income Tenants Section 54 | |
| No. of certificates issued under Section 55 | 5 |
| 408 applications were refused for the following reason:- | |
| 1. lack of amenities | 54 |
| 2. substantial disrepair | 80 |
| 3. lack of amenities and disrepair | 274 |