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Southgate 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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(e) Any other particulars with respect to overcrowding
conditions upon which the Medical Officer of
Health may consider it desirable to report Nil
Rent Restrictions Acts.—Under the provisions of these Acts,
one application was received from an occupier for a certificate to
the effect that his house was not in a reasonable state of repair.
A special inspection was made, following which a certificate was
granted.
One application was received from an owner of property for
the removal of a certificate previously given to the occupier. After
re-inspection of the premises the application was granted, certain
necessary repairs having been carried out.
Rats and Mice Destruction Act.—Numerous complaints
continue to be received regarding nuisance from rats and mice,
particularly the former. Each case is investigated and advice supplied.
At the same time, the complaint is transmitted to the
proper authority, the Middlesex County Council.
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