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The action taken in respect of these
applications is set out below:-
(1) Landlords notified of the
Council's proposal to issue
a certificate of disrepair:-
(a) In respect of all defects 7
(b) In respect of some defects 29 Total 36
(2) Undertakings given by landlords
to remedy defects 28
(3) Certificates of disrepair
issued 8 Total 36
At the end of the year all the certificates
of disrepair remained operative.
Improvement grants.
Although in most instances the maximum
grant of half the cost has been offered the improvement
provisions of the Housing Act 1957 attracted few
applications. Fifteen tentative enquiries were
investigated but for various reasons the majority of
these were not proceeded with. Six proposals were
submitted to the Council for decision in principle
and the proposers were informed that their schemes
were acceptable. Applications in respect of three
of these were subsequently received and approved for
grant aid but by the end of the year the improvement
works had been carried out to one dwelling only.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Food premises.
The number of food premises in Friern
Barnet is 160. Many of these are small general
shops in which trading is not confined to the sale
of food. According to the principal business
carried on these food premises are engaged in the
following trades:-
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