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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
Stepney 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 7 - Continued.
| Rent Act. 1957 - Certificates of Disrepair | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.- Applications for Disrepair Certificates | 29 | ||
| Notices of proposal to issue Certificates | 29 | ||
| Undertaking accepted | 12 | ||
| Undertakings refused | 8 | ||
| Certificates issued | 13 | ||
| 2.- Applications for cancellation of Disrepair Certificates | 20 | ||
| Cancellations issued | 11 | ||
| Cancellations refused | 9 | ||
| 3.- Applications for certificates as to remedying of defects | Tenant. | Landlord | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| Certificates issued- all defects remedied | — | 4 | |
| Certificates issued- some defects remedied | 3 | 3 | |
| Complaints | |||
| Number received at Office | 3,376 | ||
| Dangerous Structures | |||
| Number of premises notified to District Surveyor | 70 | ||
| Drains | |||
| Number tested with smoke | 892 | ||
| " found defective | 85 | ||
| ¨ of plans on which observations submitted | 140 | ||
| Land Charges | |||
| Number of premises reported upon | 3,275 | ||
| Public Houses | |||
| Number of premises reported on to Licensing Justices | 51 | ||
| Wastage of Water | |||
| Number of premises notified to Metropolitan Water Board | 40 | ||