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Hornchurch 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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SECTION D.
HOUSING
Number of New Houses erected during the year:
(i) By the Local Authority 25
(ii) By other Local Authorities 10
(iii) By other bodies or persons 691
Number of Houses voluntarily demolished 3
38, 40 and 42, Moor Lane.
Number of Demolition Orders made 1
16, Hubbards Chase.
Number of Houses demolished following representations 7
5, 6 and 7, Dennises Cottages, Dennises Lane.
la, 4, 5 and 6, Harveys Cottages, Upminster Road.
Number of Undertakings accepted to make houses fit for human
habitation 1
34, Brentwood Road.
Certificates of Disrepair.
The following is a summary of Returns under the Rent Act, 1957,
made to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government covering the
period 1st January to 31st December, 1959.
Part I—Applications for Certificates of Disrepair:
(1) Number of applications for certificates 32
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates 0
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates:
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 21
(b) in respect of all defects 11
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 22
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local
Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule 0
(6) Number of certificates issued 10
Part II—Applications for Cancellation of Certificates:
(7) Applications by Landlords for cancellation of
certificates 19
(8) Objections by Tenants to cancellation of certificates 9
(9) Decisions to cancel in spite of Tenant's objection 2
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 21