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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
Croydon 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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58
HOUSING
The unfit houses in Bridge Place and Lambert Place have not
been demolished as have those in Crystal Terrace, Upper Norwood.
Surveys of the following areas are in progress with a view to
determining and representing the unfit houses; Handcroft Road,
Adelaide Street and Mitcham Road; Lahore Road, Russell Road and
Gloucester Road; Upper and Lower Drayton Place and Tamworth
Place.
During the year Shaftesbury Buildings, a large tenement building, housing 32 families, was made the subject of a Demolition Order and the council, by the end of the year, had rehoused the majority of the occupants.
| Number of parts of houses on which closing Orders have been made | 11 |
| Number of houses on which Closing Orders have been made | 1 |
| Number of houses on which Demolition Orders have been made | 12 |
| Number of bouses where Certificates of unfitness were issued | 14 |
During the year 1,154 bouses were rendered fit following the
service of notices requiring repairs.
Rent Act, 1957 - Certificates of Disrepair
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair during the year 1961:-
| Number of applications for certificates | 27 | |
| Number of decisions not to issue certificates | 2 | |
| Number of decisions to issue certificates | 23 | |
| (a) in respect of some but not all defects | 15 | |
| 8 | ||
| Number of undertakings given by landlords | 11 | |
| Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority | Nil | |
| Number of certificates issued | 12 | |
| Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates | 1 | |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | 3 | |
| Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objection | Nil | |
| Certificates cancelled by Local Authority | 7 | |