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inaccessible owing to housing development schemes in the favoured areas and the
problem has therefore been reduced considerably in extent. The district public health
inspectors again co-operated with the Council's warden and in 16 instances served
notices under Section 93 of the Public Health Act, 1936, requiring the removal of
caravans within 24 hours in order to abate nuisances caused by lack of sanitary
accommodation and depositing of refuse.
RENT ACT, 1957
The number of applications for certificates of disrepair from tenants of properties
still under control remains small. The following tabl e gives details of action during
the year.
Part I - Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
1. Number of applications for certificates 21
2. Number of decisions not to issue certificates 1
3. Number of decisions to issue certificates -
a. in respect of some but not all defects 12
b. in respect of all defects 8
4. Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 9
5. Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule
6. Number of certificates issued 13
Part II - Application for Cancellation of Certificates
7. Applications by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 7
8. Objections by tenants to cancellations of
certificates 4
9. Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of
tenants' objection 1
10. Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 4
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1960
Persons who keep or use radioactive material, unless specifically exempted,
are required to be registered by the Minister of Housing and Local Government, who
authorises the accumulation or disposal of such material. The Minister notifies local
authorities of any Certificate of Registration which he issues. During the year, two
notifications were received in respect of newly registered premises, and four
notifications in respect of premises where revised certificates had been issued. One
certificate was withdrawn.
In all these cases, visits were made to the premises concerned to obtain
information about safety precautions and other measures of control. Although the
Council has no special responsibility for control, such visits were made to ensure
that some detailed information was available locally in case of accident.
At the end of the year, 20 premises within the Borough were registered under
the Act.
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