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Barnet 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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to deal with applications for certificates relating to the state of the dwelling where it
is let on a controlled tenancy and the Council decided that the Department should
deal with those applications made under Section 44 (1) of the Housing Act, 1969 —
dwellings already having all the standard amenities at the commencement of the Act.
By the end of the year 560 applications had been received for this category of
Qualification Certificate and it was quite clear that this was by no means the total
number with which it would be necessary to deal at this stage. Furthermore, understandably
with tenants facing an unknown but appreciable rent increase even though
it was not to be immediate, a very large proportion were likely to submit representa
tions to the Department on the grounds that their dwellings were not in a satisfactory
state of repair.
| 1. Inspection of Dwelling Houses | |
| (i) (a) Total number of dwellings inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 3,290 |
| (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose | 10,476 |
| (ii) Number of dwellings found to be unfit for human habitation | 23 |
| (iii) Number of dwellings (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-head) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 1,609 |
| (iv) Number of dwellings surveyed in existing Housing Areas and designated under Part V of the Housing Act 1957 in connection with the Council's negotiations for acquisition | 26 |
| (v) Number of dwellings inspected in connection with proposed Improvement Areas and Improvement Grants Scheme | 284 |
| 2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices: | |
| Number of defective dwellings rendered fit in consequence of informal action | 219 |
| 3. Action under statutory powers during the year | |
| (a) Proceedings under Sections 9 and 10 of the Housing Act 1957 | |