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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
Southwark 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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RENT ACT, 1957 The following table gives a summary of the action taken in regard to the issue of Certificates of Disrepair.
| Applications | 3 |
| Decisions to issue certificates | 1 |
| Undertakings by landlords to carry out repairs | 1 |
| Certificates issued | 1 |
| Certificates refused | - |
| Applications withdrawn | - |
| Applications by landlords for cancellation of certificates | - |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | - |
| Decision by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants objections | - |
| Certification cancelled by Local Authority | - |
RAG FLOCK & OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
During the year 2 samples were taken and submitted to the
prescribed Analyst, Mr. G. Ginger, F.C.S., Chiltern Research
Laboratories, Ltd., High Wycombe, Bucks. These samples complied
with the requirements of the Regulations.
Five premises are registered for the use of filling materials
and two licensed for manufacture or storage of Rag Flock.
SCRAP METAL DEALERS ACT, 1964
This Act will come into operation in April 1965, and will
require scrap metal dealers to register with the local authority
in whose area they carry on business.
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