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 1
Undertakings refused by local authority under proviso to
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule Nil
Certificates issued 5
Applications by landlords for cancellation Nil
Objection by tenants to cancellation Nil
Certificates cancelled by local authority Nil
Applications for certificates (Form P) Nil
(ii) Housing Acts, 1957/64, Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925/32.
(a) Individual Houses - Demolition/Closing Orders
Undertakings accepted (Section 16) 3
Closing Orders made 15
Demolition Orders made (Section 17) Nil
Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders
substituted (Section 28) Nil
Orders/Undertakings determined 7
(b) Slum Clearance Areas
Number of areas represented (Sections 42 & 157 (I) 13
Houses unfit for human habitation 217
Houses included by reason of bad arrangement Nil
Houses on land acquired under 43 (2) 87
Numbers of people to be displaced (a) Individuals 769
(b) Families 305
(c) Compulsory Purchase Orders confirmed
The Waltham Forest Housing Part III (Acacia Road Area) Compulsory
Purchase Order, 1968 and the Waltham Forest Housing Part III (Sedgwick
Road Area) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1968, comprising 9 clearance
areas were confirmed by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
during the year.
A Local Public Inquiry was held in November in respect of the
Waltham Forest Part III (Cathall Road Area) Compulsory Purchase
Order, 1969, and the result is awaited.
(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, I960, Ice-cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1947/52, Factories
Act, 1961, Leyton Corporation Act, 1950, Essex County Counci I Act, 1952, and relevant legi si at ion.
TYPE OF PYEMISES INSPECTIONS
Retail Food Shops 2, 154
Catering establishments (including factory canteens,
hospitals, nursing homes, school meals kitchens) 712
Food Hawkers/Street Traders/Fairgrounds 325
Food Manufacturers/Depots. Dairies, Bakehouses 209
Off-Licences 81
Public Houses 139
3,620
78