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SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS
On only one occasion during the year was it necessary to apply to
the Court for a Nuisance Order. This was granted.
Pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act, action was taken in respect of
three cases where foreign matter was found in foodstuff—namely, tobacco
in a doughnut; a knife blade in a sliced loaf, and glass in a wholemeal loaf.
Also pursuant to the Food and Drugs Act action was taken in two cases
where food handlers were found smoking whilst handling food. Court
action was also taken in respect of food (meat) found to be unfit for
human consumption.
Fines totalling £215 were imposed. The costs awarded amounted to
£53 12s. Od.
HOUSING
During the year eight properties were made the subject of Closing
Orders, these were:—
27 St. Kilda's Road; 12 Valentine Road; 89a High Street, Wealdstone;
89b High Street, Wealdstone; 45 Rosslyn Crescent; 23 Love
Lane; 71 Byron Road, Wealdstone and 89 Palmerston Road.
The properties demolished (the result of Orders made during previous
years) were 1, 2 and 3 Brewery Cottages, Stanmore. The two properties
reported for action pursuant to Section 16/17 of the Housing Act, 1957
being 14 St. Kilda's Road, Harrow and 13 Mead Road, Edgware.
During the year six properties the subject of Closing Orders were
reconditioned and the Orders lifted. The properties in question being
47 Pinner Road; 17 Nelson Road; 27 St. Kilda's Road; 27 Roxborough
Road; 91 Herga Road and 64 Byron Road, Wealdstone.
Over the period under review seven families were rehoused from
dwellings the subject of Orders made pursuant to the Housing Acts.
HOUSING ACT, 1969
This Act, which came into operation in August 1969, provided, inter
alia, for the conversion of controlled tenancies into regulated tenancies.
The effect of this will be to enable a landlord to receive a Fair Rent for
his property as assessed by the Rent Officer. The permitted increase in
rents will take effect at varying dates, according to the rateable values of
the properties concerned, and though the number of controlled tenancies
in Harrow is not known, it is thought that there may be some 2,000 of
them. By the end of the year, approximately 700 applications had been
received from owners for Qualification Certificates certifying that their