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WATER CLOSETS.—The London County Council Bye-law No. 7,
stipulating the number of water-closets to be provided and maintained
by the owner of any occupied building, which laid down a
standard of one water-closet for every twelve inmates of any building
has been repealed, and in its place a common standard has been
adopted of one water-closet for each household where practicable;
and where premises are let in lodgings, at least one water-closet for
every eight persons or one water-closet for every four rooms
whichever standard is the higher.
PROTECTIVE HELMETS.—Under the Road Traffic Act, 1956—
Section 42—and the Motor Cyclists (Protective Helmets) Regulations,
1947, the Council are required to arrange for the testing of protective
helmets for motor cyclists. This duty has been assigned to the
Public Health Committee and will be carried out by the Chief Food
Inspector, Mr. F. J. Pallet. The necessary arrangements for the actual
testing of these helmets have been made with the British Standards
Institution at £2 10s. Od. each.
HOUSING REPAIRS AND RENTS ACT, 1954, AND RENT ACT,
1957.—The Rent Act, 1957, came into force on the 6th July, 1957,
and repealed (inter alia) those provisions of the Housing Repairs and
Rents Act, 1954, relating to the issue of Certificates of Disrepair.
The following tables give details of the applications made under
the two Acts. The information relating to the Housing Repairs and
Rents Act is for the period 1st April to 5th July and that relating
to the Rent Act for the period 6th July to 31st December. The figures
in brackets in the first table relate to the year ending 31st March,
1957.