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Poplar 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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RENT ACT, 1957
Details of action taken between 1st January and 31st December, 1964, are as follows:-
| Applications for certificates | 27 |
| Decisions not to issue certificates | 1 |
| Decisions to issue certificates | 26 |
| (a) in respect of some but not all defects | 4 |
| (b) in respect of all defects | 22 |
| Undertakings given by landlords | 18 |
| Undertakings refused by Council | Nil |
| Certificates issued | 7 |
| Applications by landlords to Council for cancellation of certificates | 18 |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | 11 |
| Council decisions to cancel in spite of tenants' objections | Nil |
| Certificates cancelled | 4 |
CLOSING ORDERS (PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT. 1956)
No Closing Orders were made under this Act during the year.
CLOSING ORDERS (HOUSING ACT, 1957)
3 Closing Orders were made under this Act during 1964.
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