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Notices Served under Public Health and Housing Acts, 1936
Inclusive of
Housing Survey
1954
1953
Intimation notices served
2,277
1,926
Intimation notices complied with
1,918
2,012
Statutory notices served (Public Health Act, 1936)
1,111
967
Statutory notices complied with (Public Health Act, 1936)
989
1,050
Statutory notices served (Housing Act, 1936)
1,049
394
Statutory notices complied with (Housing Act, 1936)
370
535
Non-compliance with Statutory notices referred to Town Clerk (Public Health Act,
1936, Section 93)
169†
123†
Referred to the Borough Engineer for work to be carried out in default of owners
205*
131
*120 work done by Borough Engineer.
†Details of cases referred to the Town Clerk during year.
Work carried out 88 101
Work in hand 8 —
Court orders obtained 20 9
Summonses issued and outstanding at 31.12.54 — —
Summonses withdrawn—notices complied with 24 12
(4) (1)
Proceedings pending 25 —
Total 169 123
(The figures in brackets are the notices withdrawn and reserved).
Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
Certificates of Disrepair
This Act provides that landlords may increase the rent of their tenants when the house is in "good
repair". On the application of tenants, Sanitary Inspectors inspect the dwellings and if it is not in good
repair, the Council must issue a certificate. Until the defects are remedied, the landlord is not entitled to
the increase.
Between August 30th and the end of the year there were 95 applications for certificates of disrepair
and 94 were granted; only 12 were revoked during the year. It was anticipated that there would be a
much larger number of applications because there are many weekly tenancies in Willesden which are in
disrepair.
It appears that landlords in Willesden have not generally demanded an increase in rent, possibly
because they might find it difficult to fulfil the conditions for putting the house in "good repair" and the
tenants' application for a certificate of disrepair might produce a notice from the Council to carry out extensive
repairs.
Properties which have fallen much below the "good repair" standard do not seem to have
been appreciably affected by this part of the 1954 Act.
In Willesden the extensive use of the Housing Act, 1936, and the Public Health Act, 1936, has
been much more effective in securing improvement to properties in a poor state of repair.
Certificates of Disrepair under Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
Applications received from tenants 114
Withdrawn by tenants 19
Number investigated 95
Granted 94
Refused 1
Applications for revocation certificates received from owners 12
Granted 12
Certificates of Disrepair under Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts
Applications received from tenants 19
Withdrawn 2
Granted 12
Refused 5
Application for revocation certificates received from owner 1
Granted 1
Summary of Nuisances and of Improvements Effected
Water Supply and Water Service
Inclusive of
Housing Survey
1954
1953
New cisterns provided
25
29
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, covered, etc.
75
69
Draw Taps placed on mains
1
6