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Slum Clearance.
During 1961 15 hutments in the East Wickham Clearance
Areas were demolished and the occupants rehoused by
the Council.
Improvement Grants.
Discretionary
Standard
Number of applications for
improvement grants
19
25
Number of applications approved
14
33
Total cost of approved expense
of improvements
£6,019
17
0
£3,732
6
9
Total amount of grants made
£3,827
18
9
£1,717
14
9
Rent Act, 1957.
Number of applications for certificates of disrepair 5
Number of decisions not to issue certificates
Number of decisions to issue certificates 5
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 2
(b) in respect of all defects 3
Number of undertakings given by landlords 4
Number of undertakings refused by the Local
Authority —
Number of Certificates issued —
Applications by landlords for cancellation of certificates
1
Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates 1
Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of
tenants' objection —
Certificates cancelled —
37