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three others with the resultant demolition ion of seven houses.
There remain to be rehoused, at the end of the year, the occupiers of two
houses, subject to Demolition Orders, and when vacant possession is obtained the
demolition of five houses can proceed.
No applications for Certificates of Disrepair or Cancellation of Certificates
were received during the year, and it would seem that this branch of our work
has faded out, although our services were never in great demand under these
sections of the Statute.
No cases of overcrowding, as defined by the Housing Act, have come to our
notice during the year.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1956.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE INVESTIGATION AND DISINFECTION.
Investigations have been carried out of the more important cases of
infectious disease listed in the Medical Officer of Health's Report.
Where necessary, premises are disinfected and bedding is taken for disinfection
to the Barnet General Hospital under arrangements made with the Barnet
Group Hospital Management Committee. By special arrangement the bedding of
one Scabies patient was disinfected by Finchley Borough Council.
Three hundred and fifty-four library books were disinfected before return
to libraries, a considerable increase over the previous year, due to the Measles
outbreak in the first quarter of the year.