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Richmond upon Thames 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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TABLE 25. —RENT ACT, 1957.
The Rent Act, 1957, came into operation on the 6th July, 1957,
and repealed the Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954.
The 1957 Act permits the rents of controlled houses to be increased
within specified limits, and lays down a procedure to enable the tenant
and landlord to reach agreement on works of repair which should be
carried out to the property.
Should agreement not be possible, the tenant may apply to the local
authority for a Certificate of Disrepair which, if granted, stops the
rent increase. The landlord has the opportunity, however, of giving
an undertaking to carry out the repairs within 6 months, and if such
an undertaking is accepted by the local authority, the rent increase
continues to be payable.

The following tables show the action taken since the Act came into

force: —

PART 1. — Applications for Certificates of Disrepair.

1957-19631964
Number of applications1233
Number of decisions not to issue certificates51
Number of decisions to issue certificates:—
(a) in respect of some but not all defects842
(b) in respect of all defects34Nil
Number of undertakings given by landlords862
Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority1Nil
Number of certificates issued33Nil
PART 2. — Applications for Cancellation of Certificates.
Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates17Nil
Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates6Nil
Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objection4Nil
Certificates cancelled by Local Authority15Nil

SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

TABLE 26.— INSPECTION OF FOOD.

The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human consumption, were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed.

cwts.qrs.lbs.ozs.
Fresh Foods (all classes)702310
Tinned Meats, vegetables1001810
Tinned Fruits60132
Animal Foods1128
2331114