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5. Housing Act, 1969
During the year 1,289 applications for Improvement Grants and/or
Qualification Certificates were considered, in conjunction with the
Borough Valuer, and 5,716 visits of inspection were made to the Houses
concerned.
On 1st October, 1971 the Chief Public Health Inspector was delegated
to deal with applications for Qualification Certificates under this
Act and more than 600 outstanding applications were transferred from
the Borough Valuer. By the end of the year 244 of these applications
had been resolved whereby 167 Qualification Certificates were formally
Issued and 57 Refused. New applications received during the period
1st October to 31st December, 1971 were also dealt with as follows:—
Applications received 95
Qualification Certificates Issued 13
Qualification Certificates Refused 22
Applications awaiting expiry of
appeal period 25
6. Rent Act, 1957 - Certificate of Disrepair -
(i) Number of applications for certificates 3
(ii) Number of certificates issued 3
(iii) Number of applications by landlords for
cancellation of certificates 1
(iv) Certificates cancelled 1
DRAINAGE
2,075 visits of inspection were made to premises where underground
drains were in course of repair.
There are now 26 cesspools serving premises without main drainage.
POLLUTION OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
During the year 8 inspections were made to ascertain if any evidence
of pollution or obstruction was apparent in the water courses within the
Borough and in addition samples of the waters were taken for analysis.
PEST CONTROL
The activities of the field staff employed on pest control have expanded
during the year to establish an effective control on the increasing number of