Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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(b) DETAILED
(i) Rent Act, 1957 - Para. 4, First Schedule
Applications for certificates received 6
Decisions not to issue certificates Nil
Decisions to issue certificates 6
Undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule 5
Undertakings refused by local authority under proviso to
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule Nil
Certificates issued 2
Applications by landlords for cancellation 4
Objection by tenants to cancellation 1
Certificates cancelled by local authority 3
Applications for certificates (Form P) Nil
Discrepancies in the above figures are caused by procedure in some cases
extending over December - January.
(ii) Housing Acts, 1957/64. Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925/32
(a) Individual Houses - Demolition/Closing Orders
Undertakings accepted (Section 16) Nil
Closing Orders made 18
Demolition Orders made (Section 17) Nil
Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders
substituted (Section 28) Nil
(b) Slum Clearance Areas
Number of areas Represented (Sections 42 & 157 (1)) 5
Houses unfit for human habitation 182
Houses included by reason of bad arrangement Nil
Houses on land acquired under 43 (2) 104
Numbers of people to be displaced (a) Individuals 1,466
(b) Families 466
(c) Local Public Inquiries
A Local Public Inquiry was held in December in respect of the second stage of
the Waltham Forest Housing (Avenue Road Area) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1966,
comprising five clearance areas and containing 286 properties.
(iii) Food and Drugs Act, 1955 (Inspection and Supervision of Food Premises)
The following inspections were carried out at the under-mentioned food premises in accordance with the requirements of the Public Health Act, 1936, Food and Drugs Act, and Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, Ice-cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947/52, Shops Act, 1950 Factories Act, 1961, Leyton Corporation Act, 1950, Essex County Council Act, 1952, and relevant legislation
TYPE OF PREMISES | NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS |
---|---|
Retail Food Shops | 1,342 |
Catering establishments (including factory canteens, hospitals, nursing homes) | 327 |
Food Hawkers/Street Traders/Fairgrounds | 205 |
Food Manufacturers/Depots, Dairies | 70 |
Off-Licences | 21 |
Public Houses | 38 |
School Meals | 31 |
2,034 |
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