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notice of increased rent from the landlord, the tenant,if he
considers that the property is not in good repair, must serve a
notice on the landlord specifying the works he considers should be
carried out. If the landlord does not carry out the works specified
or does not give an undertaking to carry out the work, within six
weeks the tenant may apply to the Council for a Certificate of
Disrepair. This Certificate if issued will enable the tenant to
deduct any increase already paid from the date of the application to
the Council and he need not pay the increased rent demanded.
If the landlord has not carried out the undertaking given by
him to the tenant in six months following the date of the undertaking,
the tenant is again entitled to make a deduction in his rent, If he
desires a certificate stating that the undertaking has not been
remedied, he may apply to the Council for same. This Certificate is
also used when the landlord makes application to the Council stating
that he has carried out the undertaking.
There are twenty-one forms specified by the Act for use between
landlord and tenant; the Council may_ be involved in thirteen of
these.
Housing Act, 1936 Section 62
Applications for "permitted number" were received from landlords
and certificates issued during the year respecting eight
lettings.
Local Land Charges
Enquiries relating to outstanding sanitary notices were dealt
with in 1,855 cases.
Clearance Areas
The Council are purchasing large numbers of dwelling houses
which are included in the 1960-65 slum clearance programme. When all
the dwellings in a proposed clearance area have been purchased by the
Council, the tenants will be rehoused, the dwellings demolished and
the site redeveloped.
Milk supplies
During the year seventy eight samples of milk were taken and
submitted to the Counties Laboratories for bacteriological
examination, including Phosphatase Methylene Blue and Turbidity
tests.
These samples of milk were mainly taken from roundsmen during the
course of delivery, or on arrival at schools. They include the bimonthly
sampling of the two dairymen holding Pasteuriser's Licences.
All milk sold within the Borough must be either tuberculin tested
or heat treated. Licences to sell milk by retail were issued in
respect of a number of premises.