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improvement areas during 1967. These areas contained a part of
the former Borough of Bromley No. 1 Compulsory Improvement
Area which the department was unable to deal with during the
statutory two-year period prescribed by the Act. During the year
improvement works were completed at approximately 29 dwellings
as a result of action taken by the Council. Opposition to improvement
is encountered from some elderly tenants who have no desire
to have their houses improved by the provision of modern
amenities.
RENT ACT, 1957
Applications under the Rent Act have reached a very low
level.
Certificates of Disrepair and other documents specified in the
Act have been issued as follows:—
Applications for Certificate of Disrepair 5
Number of decisions not to issue certificate —
Number of certificates issued 2
Number of undertakings given by landlords
under Paragraph 5, First Schedule 1
Number of undertakings refused by L/A —
Applications for Cancellation of Certificate
By Landlords to L/A for cancellation 2
Objections by tenants to cancellation —
Certificates cancelled by L/A 3
HOUSING INSPECTIONS
Defects Remedied, Nuisances Abated by Informal Action
Drainage
Drains: Constructed or Reconstructed 47
Repaired 191
Cleansed 1,244
Cesspools: Provided —
Overflowing 9
Leaking —
Abolished 2
Sanitary Appliances
Sinks, etc., provided 15
Sinks, etc., repaired 56
W.C.s provided 13
W.C.s repaired 79