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Number of formal Notices sent under S.15
Housing Act 1961 30
Number of formal Notices sent under S.16
Housing Act 1961 2
Number of formal Notices sent under S.78
Housing Act 1957 18
Other notices served (Public Health Acts
and Housing Act Sec. 9) 278
Further visits to houses in multiple
occupation 2,745
Completed Works Repairs
W.C's provided 34 External 220
Baths provided 31 Internal 220
Sinks provided 92 Penal overcrowding abated 50
Water heaters provided 150
Cooking facilities provided 33
Food stores provided 46
Space heating provided 14
Fire precautions 4
During the year the Greater London Council issued a draft Code of Practice of means of escape in
case offire from houses in multiple occupation. Under Section 16 of the Housing Act 1961, the Council
have an obligation to consult the Greater London Council as Fire Authority before serving any notice
under that Section. It has now been agreed between the Greater London Council and the London Boroughs
Association, and adopted by the Council of the London Borough of Haringey, that when the Code of
Practice can be applied without variations, consultation is deemed to have been carried out. In consequence
thepreparation of schedules of work for adequate means of escape in case of fire now generally falls on
the public health inspector who must be fully conversant with the complex Code ot Practice. This
additional responsibility only serves to emphasise the urgent need for additional fully qualified staff to
deal with the vast problem of houses in multiple occupation in the Borough.
"Directions" under Section 19 of the Housing Act 1961 to prevent the over-occupation of houses
in multiple occupation were made in respect of six premises in the Borough. These were normally made
to stop the reletting of parts of houses where amenities were inadequate and the additional amenities
required could only be installed in some of the rooms which were occupied at the time. Procedure ot
this kind was found to be useful where it was anticipated that rooms were likely to become vacant as a
result of action taken to abate overcrowding or the rehousing ot a family was imminent.
Certificates of Disrepair
The following statement gives details of applications for Certificates under the Rent Act 1957 which
were dealt with during 1966:-
No. of applications for Certificates of Disrepair 8
Decision on applications:
Approved for some but not all-defects listed 3
Approved for all defects listed 5
No. of landlords' undertakings accepted 4
No. of Certificates issued 4
No. of applications for cancellation of Certificates 1
No. of Certificates cancelled where tenants did not object 1
No. of Certificates issued as to remedying of defects
undertaken by landlord: 4
All defects remedied 4
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