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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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(b) DETAILED
(i) Housing Act, 1957 (Sections 17/18) Housing Repairs and Rents Act. 1954
(Section 3)
1 house was dealt with under the deferred demolition procedure of the Housing Act,
1957.
(ii) Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, Rent Act, 1957.
The under-mentioned returns required by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
give details of action taken as a result of applications received under:
(a) Section 26(i) of Part II, Housing Repairs and Rents Act. 1954.
| Number of Applications for Certificates of Disrepair | Number Granted | Number Refused | Number of Applications for Revocation of Certificates of Disrepair | Number Granted | Number Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwelling-houses which have been the subject of a notice of repairs increase of rent under Part II of the 1954 Act. | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
(iii) RENT ACT, 1957.
(b) Paragraph 4 of the First Schedule, Rent Act, 1957.
Applications for certificates received 194°
Decisions not to issue certificates Nil
Decisions to issue certificates 177
Undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5
of the First Schedule 85
Undertakings refused by local authority under proviso
to paragraph 5 of the First Schedule Nil
Certificates issued 41
Applications by landlords for cancellation 4
Objections by tenants to cancellation 1
Decisions by local authority to cancel in spite of
objection Nil
Certificates cancelled by local authority 1
*17 of these applications were not dealt with owing to their being withdrawn or invalid.
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